Where does “မုန်ညင်းဆီ” come from?

မုန်ညင်းဆီ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆီ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili.

မုန်ညင်းဆီ (Burmese): mustard oil

Definitions

  1. mustard oil

Ancestry of “မုန်ညင်းဆီ”, step by step

မုန်ညင်းဆီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီoil, grease
2Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili

via Burmese မုန်ညင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမုန်ညင်းmustard
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siiliEvery word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsilEvery word from Burmese ဆီ
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