Where does “မီးမွှေး” come from?

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

မီးမွှေး (Burmese): to kindle (a fire)

Definitions

  1. to kindle (a fire)

Ancestry of “မီးမွှေး”, step by step

မီးမွှေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

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

via Burmese မွှေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမွှေးfragrant
2Old Burmeseမွှုယ်း—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej →Every word from Burmese မီး →