Where does “လူဝံ” come from?

လူဝံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဝံ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm — bear.

လူဝံ (Burmese): ape

Definitions

  1. ape

Ancestry of “လူဝံ”, step by step

လူဝံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဝံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဝံbear
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-wəmbear

via Burmese လူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလူman human being, person
2Burmeseလmoon; month
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm →Every word from Burmese ဝံ →