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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

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