Where does “နှိပ်ကြယ်သီး” come from?

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

နှိပ်ကြယ်သီး (Burmese): a press button

Definitions

  1. a press button

Ancestry of “နှိပ်ကြယ်သီး”, step by step

နှိပ်ကြယ်သီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကြယ်သီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြယ်သီးbutton, stud
2Burmeseသီးfruit; to bear fruit, to fruit; wood apple
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansəjto die
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sijto die

via Burmese နှိပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနှိပ်press, stamp
2Proto-Sino-Tibetannup ~ nipto sink; to set; to enter
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →
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