Where does “ပီ” come from?

ပီ (Phake) comes from Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹, from Proto-Tai piːᴬ — year.

ပီ (Phake): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “ပီ”, step by step

ပီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Southwestern Tai*piːᴬ¹—
2Proto-Taipiːᴬyear

via Proto-Tai pliːᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taipliːᴬbanana blossom
Every word from Proto-Tai piːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹ →