Where does “လူဦးရေ” come from?

လူဦးရေ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဦး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s — head.

လူဦးရေ (Burmese): population

Definitions

  1. population

Ancestry of “လူဦးရေ”, step by step

လူဦးရေ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဦး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဦးsir
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand-bu-shead

via Burmese ရေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရေwater
2Old Burmeseရိယ်—

via Burmese လူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလူman human being, person
2Burmeseလmoon; month
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →