Where does “သင်္ဘောသီး” come from?
သင်္ဘောသီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij — to die.
သင်္ဘောသီး (Burmese): papaya fruit
Definitions
- papaya fruit
Ancestry of “သင်္ဘောသီး”, step by step
သင်္ဘောသီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese သီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သီး | fruit; to bear fruit, to fruit; wood apple |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | səj | to die |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *sij | to die |
via Burmese သင်္ဘော
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သင်္ဘော | ship; vessel; papaya; pawpaw |