Where does “ဘကြီး” come from?

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

ဘကြီး (Burmese): uncle, specifically father's elder brother

Definitions

  1. uncle, specifically father's elder brother

Ancestry of “ဘကြီး”, step by step

ဘကြီး 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 ကြီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြီးbig; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa →Every word from Burmese ဘ →