Where does “သော့တံ” come from?
သော့တံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သော့, from Old Chinese 鎖.
သော့တံ (Burmese): key
Definitions
- key
Ancestry of “သော့တံ”, step by step
သော့တံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese သော့
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သော့ | key; lock; to be quick, to be rapid |
| 2 | Old Chinese | 鎖 | — |
via Burmese တံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တံ | rodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;... |