Where does “ဆီးနှင်း” come from?

ဆီးနှင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ — you.

ဆီးနှင်း (Burmese): mist, fog

Definitions

  1. mist, fog

Ancestry of “ဆီးနှင်း”, step by step

ဆီးနှင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နှင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှင်းmist, dew, snow, frost
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannaŋinside
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-ŋyou

via Burmese ဆီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီးto bar, obstruct, block
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ →Every word from Burmese နှင်း →