Where does “သီးခြား” come from?

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

သီးခြား (Burmese): separate, independent

Definitions

  1. separate, independent

Ancestry of “သီးခြား”, step by step

သီးခြား 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 ခြား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြားto keep separate or apart; be separated
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sijEvery word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səjEvery word from Burmese သီး