Where does “လျှပ်စစ်မီး” come from?

လျှပ်စစ်မီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese လျှပ်စစ်, from Burmese စစ်, from Polish dzik, from Proto-Slavic dikъ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰiHkos.

လျှပ်စစ်မီး (Burmese): electric light

Definitions

  1. electric light

Ancestry of “လျှပ်စစ်မီး”, step by step

လျှပ်စစ်မီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လျှပ်စစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလျှပ်စစ်electricity
2Burmeseစစ်war
3Polishdzikwild boar; unmannerly, uncivilized, or antisocial...
4Proto-Slavicdikъwild animal, especially wild boar; wild, untamed
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰiHkos—

via Burmese မီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမီးfire; light; brilliance
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmejfire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰiHkos →Every word from Proto-Slavic dikъ →Every word from Polish dzik →