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
Ancestry of “မုန်ညင်းဆီ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | ဆီ | oil, grease |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | tsil | fat, grease; oil |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *siili | — |