Where does “ထောပတ်သီး” come from?

ထောပတ်သီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij — to die.

ထောပတ်သီး (Burmese): avocado

Definitions

  1. avocado

Ancestry of “ထောပတ်သီး”, step by step

ထောပတ်သီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသီးfruit; to bear fruit, to fruit; wood apple
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansəjto die
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sijto die

via Burmese ထောပတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထောပတ်butter
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →