Where does “ၶူင်းၽီ” come from?

ၶူင်းၽီ (Shan) comes from Shan ၽီ, from Proto-Tai priːᴬ — spirit.

ၶူင်းၽီ (Shan): country of spirits or supernatural beings

Definitions

  1. country of spirits or supernatural beings

Ancestry of “ၶူင်းၽီ”, step by step

ၶူင်းၽီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan ၽီ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၽီghost
2Proto-Taipriːᴬspirit

via Shan ၶူင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၶူင်းSalween River
Every word from Proto-Tai priːᴬEvery word from Shan ၽီ
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