Where does “သစ်သီး” come from?

သစ်သီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij — to die.

သစ်သီး (Burmese): fruit

Definitions

  1. fruit

Ancestry of “သစ်သီး”, step by step

သစ်သီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသီးfruit; to bear fruit, to fruit; wood apple
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansəjto die
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sijto die

via Burmese သစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသစ်wood, timber; new; leopard
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansiŋ ~ siktree; wood
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →