Where does “ฉลามปากเป็ด” come from?

ฉลามปากเป็ด (Thai) comes from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ฉลามปากเป็ด (Thai): (ปลา~) paddlefish (Polyodontidae)

Definitions

  1. (ปลา~) paddlefish (Polyodontidae)

Ancestry of “ฉลามปากเป็ด”, step by step

ฉลามปากเป็ด traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปากmouth; brim
2Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
3Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
4Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
5Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
6Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
7Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
8Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai เป็ด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเป็ดduck: bird of the family Anatidae; the plant...
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*petᴰˢ²
3Proto-Taipitᴰduck

via Thai ฉลาม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฉลามmackerel shark: any marine fish of the order...
2Khmerឆ្លាមPondicherry shark; ត្រី~) spadenose shark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds