Where does “ဖဦးထုပ်” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ဖဦးထုပ်”, step by step

ဖဦးထုပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဦးထုပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဦးထုပ်hat, cap, headgear
2Burmeseဦးsir
3Proto-Sino-Tibetand-bu-shead

via Burmese ဖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဖPha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Burmeseပိto be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →Every word from Burmese ဦးထုပ် →