Where does “ဖငယ်” come from?

ဖငယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငယ်, from Old Burmese ငဲ.

Ancestry of “ဖငယ်”, step by step

ဖငယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငယ်small; little; young; chevrotain
2Old Burmeseငဲ—

via Burmese ဖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဖPha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Burmeseပိto be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed
Every word from Old Burmese ငဲ →Every word from Burmese ငယ် →