Where does “မိုးသီး” come from?

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

မိုးသီး (Burmese): hailstone

Definitions

  1. hailstone

Ancestry of “မိုးသီး”, step by step

မိုးသီး 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 မိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမိုးsky atmosphere above a point
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →
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