Where does “hâlmawi” come from?
hâlmawi (Mizo) comes from Turkish hâl, from French halle, from Middle French halle, from Old French hale, from Frankish hallu, from Finnish halu, from Finnish halata, from Proto-Germanic halōną — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
hâlmawi (Mizo): firework
Definitions
- firework
Ancestry of “hâlmawi”, step by step
hâlmawi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish hâl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | hâl | state; position, situation; grammatical case |
| 2 | French | halle | hall; covered market or similar building |
| 3 | Middle French | halle | — |
| 4 | Old French | hale | — |
| 5 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 6 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 7 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |