Where does “pao fầy” come from?

pao fầy (Tày) comes from Tày fầy, from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ — fire.

pao fầy (Tày): matchstick

Definitions

  1. matchstick

Ancestry of “pao fầy”, step by step

pao fầy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày fầy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyfầyfire
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire

via Tày pao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàypao
Every word from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬEvery word from Tày fầy