Where does “လါနွံ” come from?

လါနွံ (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen လါ, from Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la — moon.

လါနွံ (S'gaw Karen): the La Nwi month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with June

Definitions

  1. the La Nwi month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with June

Ancestry of “လါနွံ”, step by step

လါနွံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via S'gaw Karen လါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenလါmoon
2Proto-Karen*ʔlaᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sr-lamoon

via S'gaw Karen နွံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenနွံseven
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la →Every word from Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ →Every word from S'gaw Karen လါ →