Where does “မိုးဖွား” come from?
မိုးဖွား (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖား, from Burmese ဘား, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
မိုးဖွား (Burmese): droplets of rain
Definitions
- droplets of rain
Ancestry of “မိုးဖွား”, step by step
မိုးဖွား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဖား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖား | frog |
| 2 | Burmese | ဘား | bar, pub; Obsolete spelling of ဖား |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Burmese မိုး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မိုး | sky atmosphere above a point |