Where does “သံရုံး” come from?

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

သံရုံး (Burmese): embassy

Definitions

  1. embassy

Ancestry of “သံရုံး”, step by step

သံရုံး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသံiron; iron nail; envoy, diplomat
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansjamiron

via Burmese ရုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရုံးoffice
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan sjam →Every word from Burmese သံ →