Where does “ဆီမီးခွက်” come from?

ဆီမီးခွက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆီမီး, from Burmese ဆီ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili.

ဆီမီးခွက် (Burmese): oil lamp (consisting of oil and a wick)

Definitions

  1. oil lamp (consisting of oil and a wick)

Ancestry of “ဆီမီးခွက်”, step by step

ဆီမီးခွက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆီမီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီမီးan (open) oil lamp
2Burmeseဆီoil, grease
3Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili—

via Burmese ခွက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွက်cup, bowl
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil →Every word from Burmese ဆီ →