Where does “နှာသံ” come from?

နှာသံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သံ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam — iron.

နှာသံ (Burmese): nasal voice

Definitions

  1. nasal voice

Ancestry of “နှာသံ”, step by step

နှာသံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသံiron; iron nail; envoy, diplomat
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansjamiron

via Burmese နှာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှာnose; errhine, snuff
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam →Every word from Burmese သံ →