Where does “ဂံသား” come from?

ဂံသား (Tavoyan) comes from Burmese ပုဂံ, from Old Burmese ပုကမ်, from Pali gāma, from Sanskrit ग्राम, from Proto-Indo-Aryan grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ger- — to gather; flock, herd.

ဂံသား (Tavoyan): Burmese

Definitions

  1. Burmese

Ancestry of “ဂံသား”, step by step

ဂံသား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပုဂံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseပုဂံBagan
2Old Burmeseပုကမ်—
3Paligāmavillage
4Sanskritग्रामan inhabited place, village, hamlet, settlement;...
5Proto-Indo-Aryangrā́mas—
6Proto-Indo-Iraniangrā́masvillage, town; community
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ger-to gather; flock, herd

via Burmese သား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသားson; meat, flesh
2Old Burmeseသဟ်son
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian grā́mas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan grā́mas →