Where does “ဦးကြီး” come from?

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

ဦးကြီး (Burmese): uncle, specifically mother's elder brother

Definitions

  1. uncle, specifically mother's elder brother

Ancestry of “ဦးကြီး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဦးsir
2Proto-Sino-Tibetand-bu-shead
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →