Where does “ပန်းသီး” come from?

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

ပန်းသီး (Burmese): apple

Definitions

  1. apple

Ancestry of “ပန်းသီး”, step by step

ပန်းသီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သီး

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

via Burmese ပန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပန်းflower; floral pattern; tails
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*baːr—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →