Where does “သီ” come from?

သီ (Mon) comes from Burmese သိမ်း, from English Zim, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

သီ (Mon): to collect (up), tidy away

Definitions

to collect (up), tidy away

Ancestry of “သီ”, step by step

သီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သိမ်း

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	သိမ်း	to gather in; to gather in; to take possession...
2	English	Zim	—
3	Middle English	som	some
4	Old English	sum	some
5	Proto-West Germanic	*sum	some
6	Proto-Germanic	sumaz	some (one), a certain (one)
7	Proto-Indo-European	sem-	together, one

via Pali sīmā

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Pali	sīmā	boundary; limit
2	Sanskrit	सीमा	frontier, boundary, edge

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →