Where does “ခါကြက်ဥ” come from?

ခါကြက်ဥ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဥ, from Burmese ဦး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s — head.

Ancestry of “ခါကြက်ဥ”, step by step

ခါကြက်ဥ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဥ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဥegg
2Burmeseဦးsir
3Proto-Sino-Tibetand-bu-shead

via Burmese ကြက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြက်chicken, fowl
2Proto-Sino-Tibetank-rakchicken, fowl

via Burmese ခါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခါto shake, shake off
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →Every word from Burmese ဥ →