Where does “ဆေးခြောက်” come from?

ဆေးခြောက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခြောက်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ — cold; freeze.

ဆေးခြောက် (Burmese): hemp; marijuana; hashish; ganja

Definitions

  1. hemp; marijuana; hashish; ganja

Ancestry of “ဆေးခြောက်”, step by step

ဆေးခြောက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခြောက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြောက်six; dry
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-glak ~ m-glaŋcold; freeze

via Burmese ဆေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆေးmedicine; paint; tobacco
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-tsəjmedicine; juice; paint
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ →Every word from Burmese ခြောက် →