Where does “နှမ်းဆီ” come from?

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

နှမ်းဆီ (Burmese): sesame oil

Definitions

  1. sesame oil

Ancestry of “နှမ်းဆီ”, step by step

နှမ်းဆီ 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 နှမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှမ်းsesame (Sesamum indicum)
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil →Every word from Burmese ဆီ →