Where does “ခရုဆီ” come from?

ခရုဆီ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခရု, from Mon က, from Pali 𑀓, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ခရုဆီ (Burmese): oyster sauce

Definitions

oyster sauce

Ancestry of “ခရုဆီ”, step by step

ခရုဆီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခရု

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ခရု	mollusc, univalvular shellfish
2	Mon	က	fish
3	Pali	𑀓	Brahmi script form of ka
4	Sanskrit	कः	nominative masculine singular of किम्
5	Sanskrit	किम्	used as a particle of interrogation
6	Proto-Indo-Aryan	kás	—
7	Proto-Indo-Iranian	kás	who
8	Proto-Indo-European	kʷós	who

via Burmese ဆီ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ဆီ	oil, grease
2	Proto-Sino-Tibetan	tsil	fat, grease; oil
3	Proto-Finno-Ugric	*siili	—

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