Where does “ရိတ်သိမ်း” come from?

ရိတ်သိမ်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese သိမ်း, from English Zim, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

ရိတ်သိမ်း (Burmese): to harvest

Definitions

  1. to harvest

Ancestry of “ရိတ်သိမ်း”, step by step

ရိတ်သိမ်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သိမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသိမ်းto gather in; to gather in; to take possession...
2EnglishZim
3Middle Englishsomsome
4Old Englishsumsome
5Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
6Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Burmese ရိတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရိတ်to shave remove hair from
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Proto-Germanic sumazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *sum