Where does “မီးသွေး” come from?

မီးသွေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သွေး, from Old Burmese သုယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ — blood.

မီးသွေး (Burmese): charcoal

Definitions

  1. charcoal

Ancestry of “မီးသွေး”, step by step

မီးသွေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သွေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသွေးblood
2Old Burmeseသုယ်blood
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*swiʔblood

via Burmese မီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမီးfire; light; brilliance
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmejfire
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ →Every word from Old Burmese သုယ် →Every word from Burmese သွေး →
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