Where does “ဘကုန်း” come from?

ဘကုန်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဘ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa — male, father, third-person pronoun.

Ancestry of “ဘကုန်း”, step by step

ဘကုန်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဘ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဘBha, the 25th letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷamale, father, third-person pronoun

via Burmese ကုန်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကုန်းto bend
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa →Every word from Burmese ဘ →