Where does “သစ်ခွရည်” come from?

သစ်ခွရည် (Burmese) comes from Burmese သစ်ခွ, from Burmese သစ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan siŋ ~ sik — tree; wood.

သစ်ခွရည် (Burmese): vanilla

Definitions

  1. vanilla

Ancestry of “သစ်ခွရည်”, step by step

သစ်ခွရည် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သစ်ခွ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသစ်ခွorchid
2Burmeseသစ်wood, timber; new; leopard
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansiŋ ~ siktree; wood

via Burmese ရည်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan siŋ ~ sik →Every word from Burmese သစ် →Every word from Burmese သစ်ခွ →
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