Where does “ဦးခေါင်း” come from?

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

ဦးခေါင်း (Burmese): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “ဦးခေါင်း”, step by step

ဦးခေါင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဦး

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

via Burmese ခေါင်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခေါင်းhead; coffin; cavity
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan(g/k)uŋhole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d-bu-s →Every word from Burmese ဦး →