Where does “လိူၼ်သီႇ” come from?

လိူၼ်သီႇ (Shan) comes from Shan သီႇ, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

လိူၼ်သီႇ (Shan): fourth month of the Shan lunar calendar

Definitions

  1. fourth month of the Shan lunar calendar

Ancestry of “လိူၼ်သီႇ”, step by step

လိူၼ်သီႇ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan သီႇ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanသီႇfour
2Proto-Taisiːᴮfour
3Middle Chinese四—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

via Shan လိူၼ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanလိူၼ်month
2Proto-Taiɓlɯənᴬmoon; month; moon
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Middle Chinese 四 →Every word from Proto-Tai siːᴮ →