Where does “ဖွားစော” come from?
ဖွားစော (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖား, from Burmese ဘား, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
ဖွားစော (Burmese): a Burmese royal title for a queen dowager
Definitions
- a Burmese royal title for a queen dowager
Ancestry of “ဖွားစော”, step by step
ဖွားစော traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဖား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖား | frog |
| 2 | Burmese | ဘား | bar, pub; Obsolete spelling of ဖား |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |