Where does “ဆီးချို” come from?

ဆီးချို (Burmese) comes from Burmese ချို, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw — horn; angle; corner.

ဆီးချို (Burmese): diabetes

Definitions

  1. diabetes

Ancestry of “ဆီးချို”, step by step

ဆီးချို traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ချို

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချိုhorn hard growth of keratin, antler
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankrəwhorn; angle; corner

via Burmese ဆီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီးto bar, obstruct, block
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan krəw →Every word from Burmese ချို →