Where does “သံလိုက်” come from?

သံလိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လိုက်, from Proto-Southwestern Tai lɯəkᴰ — to choose.

သံလိုက် (Burmese): magnet

Definitions

  1. magnet

Ancestry of “သံလိုက်”, step by step

သံလိုက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလိုက်to follow
2Proto-Southwestern Tailɯəkᴰto choose

via Burmese သံ

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

Words derived from “သံလိုက်”

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