Where does “သုင်း” come from?

သုင်း (Shan) comes from Burmese သုံး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

သုင်း (Shan): to use

Definitions

  1. to use

Ancestry of “သုင်း”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသုံးthree
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Burmese သုံး →