Where does “မီးခွက်” come from?

မီးခွက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej — fire.

မီးခွက် (Burmese): lamp

Definitions

  1. lamp

Ancestry of “မီးခွက်”, step by step

မီးခွက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမီးfire; light; brilliance
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmejfire

via Burmese ခွက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွက်cup, bowl
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej →Every word from Burmese မီး →