Where does “ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး” come from?

ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပင်, from Sanskrit वृक्ष, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wr̥ṭṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wr̥ćšás — tree.

ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး (Burmese): basil

Definitions

  1. basil

Ancestry of “ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး”, step by step

ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပင်plant; trees; tree
2Sanskritवृक्षa tree, any tree bearing visible flowers and...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwr̥ṭṣás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwr̥ćšástree

via Burmese မွှေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမွှေးfragrant
2Old Burmeseမွှုယ်း—

via Burmese စိမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစိမ်းgreen; unripe; raw
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wr̥ćšás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wr̥ṭṣás →Every word from Sanskrit वृक्ष →