Where does “မိုက်ရူးရဲ” come from?

မိုက်ရူးရဲ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မိုက်, from English mic, from English microfarad, from English micro-, from Ancient Greek μικρο-, from Ancient Greek μικρός, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

မိုက်ရူးရဲ (Burmese): daredevil

Definitions

  1. daredevil

Ancestry of “မိုက်ရူးရဲ”, step by step

မိုက်ရူးရဲ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမိုက်microphone
2EnglishmicAlternative form of mike
3EnglishmicrofaradOne millionth of a farad, abbreviated as µF
4Englishmicro-API; Very small; One millionth
5Ancient Greekμικρο-micro
6Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Burmese ရဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရဲpolice; bright red; brave, daring

via Burmese ရူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရူးmad, insane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-