Where does “သွားဖုံး” come from?

သွားဖုံး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွား, from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa.

သွားဖုံး (Burmese): gum flesh around teeth

Definitions

  1. gum flesh around teeth

Ancestry of “သွားဖုံး”, step by step

သွားဖုံး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သွား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွားtooth; to go
2Sino-Tibetan*sV-wa—

via Burmese ဖုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖုံးto cover, put a cover on something
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa →Every word from Burmese သွား →