Where does “ၶဝ်ႈၽီ” come from?

ၶဝ်ႈၽီ (Shan) comes from Shan ၶဝ်ႈ, from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ — husked rice.

ၶဝ်ႈၽီ (Shan): variety of wild rice

Definitions

  1. variety of wild rice

Ancestry of “ၶဝ်ႈၽီ”, step by step

ၶဝ်ႈၽီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan ၶဝ်ႈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၶဝ်ႈto enter; rice
2Proto-Tai*C̬.qawꟲrice
3Proto-Austroasiatic*rŋkoːʔhusked rice

via Shan ၽီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၽီghost
2Proto-Taipriːᴬspirit
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ →Every word from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲ →Every word from Shan ၶဝ်ႈ →