Where does “ໜັງສືຜ່ານແດນ” come from?

ໜັງສືຜ່ານແດນ (Lao) comes from Lao ໜັງສື, from Lao ໜັງ, from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬ — skin.

ໜັງສືຜ່ານແດນ (Lao): passport

Definitions

  1. passport

Ancestry of “ໜັງສືຜ່ານແດນ”, step by step

ໜັງສືຜ່ານແດນ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ໜັງສື

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoໜັງສືletter (of the alphabet), character
2Laoໜັງskin
3Proto-Taiʰnaŋᴬskin

via Lao ຜ່ານແດນ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຜ່ານແດນ
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬEvery word from Lao ໜັງEvery word from Lao ໜັງສື
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