Where does “စောင့်သိ” come from?

စောင့်သိ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သိ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjəj — to know.

စောင့်သိ (Burmese): to realize and respect a principle, belief, doctrine, etc

Definitions

  1. to realize and respect a principle, belief, doctrine, etc

Ancestry of “စောင့်သိ”, step by step

စောင့်သိ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သိ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသိto know
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sjəjto know

via Burmese စောင့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစောင့်to wait for, travel, trip
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjəj →Every word from Burmese သိ →
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