Where does “မီးသုံးပါး” come from?

မီးသုံးပါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သုံး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum — three.

မီးသုံးပါး (Burmese): three fires (also known as the three poisons), i.e., greed, anger, and ignorance

Definitions

  1. three fires (also known as the three poisons), i.e., greed, anger, and ignorance

Ancestry of “မီးသုံးပါး”, step by step

မီးသုံးပါး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသုံးthree
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-sumthree

via Burmese မီး

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

via Burmese ပါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါးthin; cheek
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum →Every word from Burmese သုံး →