Where does “ဘူးသီး” come from?

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

ဘူးသီး (Burmese): calabash, squash

Definitions

  1. calabash, squash

Ancestry of “ဘူးသီး”, step by step

ဘူးသီး 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 ဘူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဘူးcalabash, gourd fruit or container

Words derived from “ဘူးသီး”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →