Where does “ဆေးစာ” come from?

ဆေးစာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆေး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-tsəj — medicine; juice; paint.

ဆေးစာ (Burmese): (medical) prescription

Definitions

  1. (medical) prescription

Ancestry of “ဆေးစာ”, step by step

ဆေးစာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆေးmedicine; paint; tobacco
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-tsəjmedicine; juice; paint

via Burmese စာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစာwriting; letter; written language
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsa ~ zachild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-tsəj →Every word from Burmese ဆေး →