Where does “ဘထွေး” come from?

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

ဘထွေး (Burmese): uncle, specifically father's youngest brother

Definitions

  1. uncle, specifically father's youngest brother

Ancestry of “ဘထွေး”, step by step

ဘထွေး 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 ထွေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseထွေးto spit to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, spit out (water or food)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa →Every word from Burmese ဘ →