Where does “ဖန်တီး” come from?

ဖန်တီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese တီး, from English TEA, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

ဖန်တီး (Burmese): to improvise

Definitions

  1. to improvise

Ancestry of “ဖန်တီး”, step by step

ဖန်တီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတီးto play (a musical instrument)
2EnglishTEATraining and employment agency; Acronym of...
3Dutchtheetea
4Malaytehtea
5Malayputihwhite
6Classical Malayputihwhite
7Proto-Malayicputihwhite
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Burmese ဖန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖန်acrid, astringent (in taste)
2Paliphalikācrystal; quartz
3Sanskritस्फटिकcrystal; quartz
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →