Where does “အမယ်ကြီး” come from?

အမယ်ကြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese အမယ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

အမယ်ကြီး (Burmese): old woman

Definitions

  1. old woman

Ancestry of “အမယ်ကြီး”, step by step

အမယ်ကြီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အမယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအမယ်mother; woman; "pronoun used to address a woman"
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative

via Burmese ကြီး

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