Where does “ကျောက်မီး” come from?
ကျောက်မီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej — fire.
ကျောက်မီး (Burmese): flintlock
Ancestry of “ကျောက်မီး”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | မီး | fire; light; brilliance |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | mej | fire |