Where does “săgyi” come from?

săgyi (Jingpho) comes from Burmese သူကြီး, from Burmese သူ-, from Burmese သူ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan su ~ s-lu — who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...

săgyi (Jingpho): chief

Definitions

  1. chief

Ancestry of “săgyi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသူကြီးchief
2Burmeseသူ--er, -or
3Burmeseသူhe; she; it
4Proto-Sino-Tibetansu ~ s-luwho; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan su ~ s-lu →Every word from Burmese သူ →Every word from Burmese သူ- →