Where does “ပူဆွေး” come from?

ပူဆွေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆေး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-tsəj — medicine; juice; paint.

ပူဆွေး (Burmese): to grieve

Definitions

  1. to grieve

Ancestry of “ပူဆွေး”, step by step

ပူဆွေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆေးmedicine; paint; tobacco
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-tsəjmedicine; juice; paint

via Burmese ပူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပူto worry; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-tsəj →Every word from Burmese ဆေး →
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