Where does “กระดานขาว” come from?

กระดานขาว (Thai) comes from English whiteboard, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

กระดานขาว (Thai): whiteboard

Definitions

  1. whiteboard

Ancestry of “กระดานขาว”, step by step

กระดานขาว traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English whiteboard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhiteboardA writing board finished with a hard white...
2EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
3Englishboardridersurfer
4EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
5Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
6Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
7Old Englishrīdererider, knight
8Old Englishrīdanto ride
9Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
10Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
11Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Thai กระดาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกระดานboard; plank; board for writing, drawing, etc, as...
2Thaiขดานboard; plank; board for writing, drawing, etc, as...
3Old Khmerខ្តារ៑

via Thai ขาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขาวwhite
2Proto-Taixaːwᴬwhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną