Where does “လျှပ်စီး” come from?

လျှပ်စီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese လျှပ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ljap — lightning; flash; glitter; butterfly.

လျှပ်စီး (Burmese): flash of lightning

Definitions

  1. flash of lightning

Ancestry of “လျှပ်စီး”, step by step

လျှပ်စီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လျှပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလျှပ်to strike, come into contact
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ljaplightning; flash; glitter; butterfly

via Burmese စီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစီးto flow move as a fluid
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