Where does “မီးတုတ်” come from?

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

မီးတုတ် (Burmese): torch; flambeau

Definitions

  1. torch; flambeau

Ancestry of “မီးတုတ်”, step by step

မီးတုတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

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

via Burmese တုတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတုတ်a kind of bovine disease symptomatized by dragging feet
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej →Every word from Burmese မီး →