Where does “မီးခတ်” come from?
မီးခတ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej — fire.
မီးခတ် (Burmese): tinderbox; to strike steel against flint
Definitions
- tinderbox; to strike steel against flint
Ancestry of “မီးခတ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | မီး | fire; light; brilliance |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | mej | fire |