Where does “နှင်းလျှောစီး” come from?

နှင်းလျှောစီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နှင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ — you.

နှင်းလျှောစီး (Burmese): ski

Definitions

  1. ski

Ancestry of “နှင်းလျှောစီး”, step by step

နှင်းလျှောစီး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese နှင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှင်းmist, dew, snow, frost
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannaŋinside
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-ŋyou

via Burmese စီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစီးto flow move as a fluid

via Burmese လျှော

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလျှောto slide down
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan naŋ →Every word from Burmese နှင်း →