Where does “ဆေးဘဲဥ” come from?

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

ဆေးဘဲဥ (Burmese): century egg

Definitions

  1. century egg

Ancestry of “ဆေးဘဲဥ”, step by step

ဆေးဘဲဥ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆေး

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

via Burmese ဘဲဥ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဘဲဥ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-tsəj →Every word from Burmese ဆေး →