Where does “သံချပ်ထိုး” come from?

သံချပ်ထိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သံချပ်, from Burmese သံ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam — iron.

သံချပ်ထိုး (Burmese): to recite an antiphonal chant

Definitions

  1. to recite an antiphonal chant

Ancestry of “သံချပ်ထိုး”, step by step

သံချပ်ထိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သံချပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသံချပ်mail, chain mail
2Burmeseသံiron; iron nail; envoy, diplomat
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansjamiron

via Burmese ထိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထိုးto poke, jab, stab
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam →Every word from Burmese သံ →Every word from Burmese သံချပ် →