Where does “ပိန်းဥ” come from?

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

ပိန်းဥ (Burmese): rootstock of the taro plant (Colocasia antiquorum)

Definitions

  1. rootstock of the taro plant (Colocasia antiquorum)

Ancestry of “ပိန်းဥ”, step by step

ပိန်းဥ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဥ

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

via Burmese ပိန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိန်းcompact in one mass

Words derived from “ပိန်းဥ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →Every word from Burmese ဥ →