Where does “နို့ဆီ” come from?

နို့ဆီ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆီ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili.

နို့ဆီ (Burmese): condensed milk, cream

Definitions

  1. condensed milk, cream

Ancestry of “နို့ဆီ”, step by step

နို့ဆီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီoil, grease
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili—

via Burmese နို့

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနို့milk; breast
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nəwbreast, nipple; milk
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil →Every word from Burmese ဆီ →