Where does “คลองเตย” come from?

คลองเตย (Thai) comes from Thai เตย, from Chinese 爹, from Proto-Turkic Ata — father.

คลองเตย (Thai): Khlong Toei

Definitions

  1. Khlong Toei

Ancestry of “คลองเตย”, step by step

คลองเตย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เตย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเตยscrew pine; pandanus
2Chinese爹—
3Proto-TurkicAtafather

via Thai คลอง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคลองpassage; path; route; way; watercourse, either...
2Old Khmerគ្លងpassage, way; waterway
Every word from Proto-Turkic Ata →Every word from Chinese 爹 →Every word from Thai เตย →