Where does “မီးပြောင်း” come from?

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

မီးပြောင်း (Burmese): blowpipe (for blowing air to increase the heat of a flame)

Definitions

  1. blowpipe (for blowing air to increase the heat of a flame)

Ancestry of “မီးပြောင်း”, step by step

မီးပြောင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

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

via Burmese ပြောင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပြောင်းmillet any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food
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