Where does “ข้ามน้ำข้ามทะเล” come from?

ข้ามน้ำข้ามทะเล (Thai) comes from Thai ทะเล, from Khmer ទន្លេ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ — large body of water.

ข้ามน้ำข้ามทะเล (Thai): to endure or undergo difficulties or obstructions in order to reach one's achievement, success, goal, destination, etc

Definitions

  1. to endure or undergo difficulties or obstructions in order to reach one's achievement, success, goal, destination, etc

Ancestry of “ข้ามน้ำข้ามทะเล”, step by step

ข้ามน้ำข้ามทะเล traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทะเล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทะเลsea; any large body of water
2Khmerទន្លេlarge river
3Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerទន្លេlarge body of water

via Thai น้ำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้ำwater; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as...
2Proto-Tai*C̬.namꟲwater

via Thai ข้าม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้ามto cross; to skip
2Proto-Taiχaːmᶜto cross
Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Thai ทะเล →