Etymology in the sources
Source-reportedPerhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“top; to rise”). Luce gives Old Chinese 置 (OC *tɯɡs, “to place”) as a cognate, though this comparison seems outdated.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: တင်CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Chinese Wiktionary: တင်CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

