Where does “သားသမီး” come from?

သားသမီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သား, from Old Burmese သဟ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.

သားသမီး (Burmese): children

Definitions

  1. children

Ancestry of “သားသမီး”, step by step

သားသမီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသားson; meat, flesh
2Old Burmeseသဟ်son
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece

via Burmese သမီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသမီးdaughter
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ →Every word from Old Burmese သဟ် →Every word from Burmese သား →