Where does “သုံးသပ်” come from?

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

သုံးသပ် (Burmese): to wash, bath

Definitions

  1. to wash, bath

Ancestry of “သုံးသပ်”, step by step

သုံးသပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သုံး

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

via Burmese သပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသပ်to stroke with hand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Burmese သုံး →