Where does “မိဘမောင်ဖား” come from?

မိဘမောင်ဖား (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.

မိဘမောင်ဖား (Burmese): parents, uncles, and elder brothers with the obligation to be the guardian of a girl

Definitions

  1. parents, uncles, and elder brothers with the obligation to be the guardian of a girl

Ancestry of “မိဘမောင်ဖား”, step by step

မိဘမောင်ဖား traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖားfrog
2Burmeseဘားbar, pub; Obsolete spelling of ဖား
3EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
4Germanbär
5Middle High Germanbërbear
6Old High GermanberiA berry
7Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
8Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-

via Burmese မိဘ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမိဘparents
2Burmeseအမိmother
3Burmeseအ-used to make nouns from verbs, from adjectives or...
4Palia-no; not; non; etc; not; lacking; without; etc
5Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
6Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Burmese မောင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမောင်younger brother (of a female)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-