Where does “dat si” come from?

dat si (Jingpho) comes from Burmese ဓာတ်ဆီ, from Burmese ဆီ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili.

dat si (Jingpho): gasoline

Definitions

  1. gasoline

Ancestry of “dat si”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဓာတ်ဆီgasoline, petrol
2Burmeseဆီoil, grease
3Proto-Sino-Tibetantsilfat, grease; oil
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*siili—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *siili →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan tsil →Every word from Burmese ဆီ →