Where does “သုံးဖြုန်း” come from?

သုံးဖြုန်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese သုံး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

သုံးဖြုန်း (Burmese): to waste, squander

Definitions

  1. to waste, squander

Ancestry of “သုံးဖြုန်း”, step by step

သုံးဖြုန်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသုံးthree
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree

via Burmese ဖြုန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖြုန်းto waste, squander
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Burmese သုံး →