Where does “စစ်ဆေး” come from?

စစ်ဆေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese စစ်, from Polish dzik, from Proto-Slavic dikъ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰiHkos.

စစ်ဆေး (Burmese): to question, interrogate, examine, inspect, test, put on trial

Definitions

  1. to question, interrogate, examine, inspect, test, put on trial

Ancestry of “စစ်ဆေး”, step by step

စစ်ဆေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese စစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစစ်war
2Polishdzikwild boar; unmannerly, uncivilized, or antisocial...
3Proto-Slavicdikъwild animal, especially wild boar; wild, untamed
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰiHkos—

via Burmese ဆေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆေးmedicine; paint; tobacco
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-tsəjmedicine; juice; paint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰiHkos →Every word from Proto-Slavic dikъ →Every word from Polish dzik →