Where does “လမ်းဆုံ” come from?

လမ်းဆုံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese လမ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam — road, way, path.

လမ်းဆုံ (Burmese): crossroads; intersection

Definitions

  1. crossroads; intersection

Ancestry of “လမ်းဆုံ”, step by step

လမ်းဆုံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလမ်းroad way for travel, street, pathway
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlamroad, way, path

via Burmese ဆုံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆုံto meet, come together, converge
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan lam →Every word from Burmese လမ်း →