Where does “နေကြာဆီ” come from?
နေကြာဆီ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆီ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili.
နေကြာဆီ (Burmese): sunflower oil
Ancestry of “နေကြာဆီ”, step by step
နေကြာဆီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဆီ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆီ | oil, grease |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | tsil | fat, grease; oil |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *siili | — |
via Burmese နေကြာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နေကြာ | sunflower (Helianthus annuus) |
| 2 | Burmese | နေ | sun; to stay; to live, dwell |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | g-na-s | to stay, to live, to dwell, to be; to stay, to... |