Where does “မီးပွား” come from?

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

မီးပွား (Burmese): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “မီးပွား”, step by step

မီးပွား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

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

via Burmese ပွား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပွားto grow or increase in number or size; to spread...
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