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

  1. firework

Ancestry of “hâlmawi”, step by step

hâlmawi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish hâl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhâlstate; position, situation; grammatical case
2Frenchhallehall; covered market or similar building
3Middle Frenchhalle
4Old Frenchhale
5Frankishhallularge room, hall; hall
6Finnishhaludesire; urge, itch
7Finnishhalatato hug, embrace; to want
8Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Mizo mawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizomawibeautiful, pretty
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*mǒoy
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*m(r)əjto be beautiful, pretty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic halōnąEvery word from Finnish halata