Where does “Burma” come from?
Burma (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بورمه, from Ottoman Turkish بورمق, from Proto-Turkic *bur-.
Ancestry of “Burma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بورمه | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بورمق | to twist |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bur- | — |