Where does “Burma” come from?

Burma (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بورمه, from Ottoman Turkish بورمق, from Proto-Turkic *bur-.

Burma (Serbo-Croatian): wedding ring

Definitions

  1. wedding ring

Ancestry of “Burma”, step by step

Burma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بورمه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبورمه—
2Ottoman Turkishبورمقto twist
3Proto-Turkic*bur-—

via Burmese ဗမာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဗမာBurmese
2Burmeseမြန်မာMyanmar; Burma; Burmese; Myanmar
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bur- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بورمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بورمه →