Where does “သီးသန့်” come from?

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

သီးသန့် (Burmese): reserved, special

Definitions

  1. reserved, special

Ancestry of “သီးသန့်”, step by step

သီးသန့် 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 သန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသန့်clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan səj →Every word from Burmese သီး →