Where does “ဆံ” come from?

ဆံ (S'gaw Karen) comes from Proto-Karen chejᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj — ten.

ဆံ (S'gaw Karen): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “ဆံ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Karenchejᴬten
2Proto-Sino-Tibetants(j)i(j) ~ tsjajten
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj →Every word from Proto-Karen chejᴬ →