Where does “မြေကြီး” come from?

မြေကြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မြေ, from Old Burmese မ္လိယ်.

မြေကြီး (Burmese): earth, land, ground, soil

Definitions

  1. earth, land, ground, soil

Ancestry of “မြေကြီး”, step by step

မြေကြီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမြေearth; land
2Old Burmeseမ္လိယ်—

via Burmese ကြီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကြီးbig; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree)
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