Where does “ဘူးသီးတောင်” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ဘူးသီးတောင်”, step by step

ဘူးသီးတောင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဘူးသီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဘူးသီးcalabash, squash
2Burmeseသီးfruit; to bear fruit, to fruit; wood apple
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansəjto die
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sijto die

via Burmese တောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောင်mountain; south; a cubit
2Proto-Tibeto-Burmanm/r-duŋ—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →