Where does “ခေါင်းဖြီး” come from?

ခေါင်းဖြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခေါင်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (g/k)uŋ — hole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part.

ခေါင်းဖြီး (Burmese): to comb, brush (hair)

Definitions

  1. to comb, brush (hair)

Ancestry of “ခေါင်းဖြီး”, step by step

ခေါင်းဖြီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခေါင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခေါင်းhead; coffin; cavity
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(g/k)uŋhole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part

via Burmese ဖြီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖြီးplentiful (as of rain)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (g/k)uŋ →Every word from Burmese ခေါင်း →