Where does “ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ” come from?

ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ (Burmese) comes from English balm, from Middle English bawme, from French Baumé, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον, from Hebrew בושם, from Proto-Semitic *buśm-.

ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ (Burmese): balm

Definitions

  1. balm

Ancestry of “ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ”, step by step

ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English balm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbalmAny of various aromatic resins exuded from...
2Middle EnglishbawmeThe aromatic resin of trees of the genus Commiphora; balsam
3FrenchBauméa French family name
4Old Frenchbasme
5Latinbalsamumbalsam (substance or tree); balm
6Ancient GreekβάλσαμονArabian balsam tree; balsam, the fragrant oil...
7Hebrewבושםperfume
8Proto-Semitic*buśm-

via Burmese ပရုတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပရုတ်camphor
2Sanskritकर्पूरcamphor
3Palikappūracamphor
4Old Malaykapur
5Proto-Malayic*kapur
6Proto-Austronesianqapuʀlime, calcium

via Burmese ဆီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီoil, grease
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili
Every word from Proto-Semitic *buśm-Every word from Hebrew בושםEvery word from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον