Where does “ပုံနှိပ်” come from?

ပုံနှိပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှိပ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan nup ~ nip — to sink; to set; to enter.

ပုံနှိပ် (Burmese): to print

Definitions

  1. to print

Ancestry of “ပုံနှိပ်”, step by step

ပုံနှိပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နှိပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှိပ်press, stamp
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannup ~ nipto sink; to set; to enter

via Burmese ပုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပုံshape; form; figure; picture; story
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan nup ~ nipEvery word from Burmese နှိပ်
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