Where does “မီးပူတိုက်” come from?

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

မီးပူတိုက် (Burmese): to iron (clothes, etc.)

Definitions

  1. to iron (clothes, etc.)

Ancestry of “မီးပူတိုက်”, step by step

မီးပူတိုက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီးပူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမီးပူiron (for ironing clothes)
2Burmeseမီးfire; light; brilliance
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmejfire

via Burmese တိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတိုက်continent; brick building; building for a...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mejEvery word from Burmese မီးEvery word from Burmese မီးပူ