Where does “မီးအိမ်” come from?

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

မီးအိမ် (Burmese): lantern

Definitions

  1. lantern

Ancestry of “မီးအိမ်”, step by step

မီးအိမ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

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

via Burmese အိမ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအိမ်house
2Sino-Tibetan*k-jim ~ k-jum—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej →Every word from Burmese မီး →