Where does “puak” come from?

puak (Malay) comes from Thai พวก, from Old Khmer vvak.

puak (Malay): tribe, clan

Definitions

  1. tribe, clan

Ancestry of “puak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพวกgroup; party
2Old Khmervvak—
Every word from Old Khmer vvak →Every word from Thai พวก →
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