Where does “နံနံ” come from?

နံနံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နံ, from Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

နံနံ (Burmese): coriander; cilantro

Definitions

  1. coriander; cilantro

Ancestry of “နံနံ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနံto give off an offensive smell
2Palināmaname; immaterial factors such as consciousness...
3Sanskritनामन्name, personal name, appellation; a...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHnā́ma
5Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “နံနံ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-
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