Where does “အုန်းသီးမှုန့်” come from?

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

အုန်းသီးမှုန့် (Burmese): shredded coconut

Definitions

  1. shredded coconut

Ancestry of “အုန်းသီးမှုန့်”, step by step

အုန်းသီးမှုန့် traces back through 3 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 အုန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအုန်းcoconut

via Burmese မှုန့်

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