Where does “သိပ်းသီႇ” come from?
သိပ်းသီႇ (Shan) comes from Shan သီႇ, from Proto-Tai siːᴮ, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
သိပ်းသီႇ (Shan): fourteen
Ancestry of “သိပ်းသီႇ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Shan | သီႇ | four |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | siːᴮ | four |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 四 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-lij | — |