Where does “ฉลามวาฬ” come from?

ฉลามวาฬ (Thai) comes from Thai วาฬ, from Middle Dutch walvisch, from Old Dutch walvisk, from Old Dutch wal, from Proto-Germanic Wahalaz, from Latin vacalus — now the Waal.

ฉลามวาฬ (Thai): whale shark

Definitions

  1. whale shark

Ancestry of “ฉลามวาฬ”, step by step

ฉลามวาฬ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai วาฬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiวาฬAlternative form of พาฬ; whale: marine mammal
2Middle Dutchwalvischwhale
3Old Dutchwalvisk—
4Old Dutchwalwhale
5Proto-GermanicWahalazthe river Waal
6Latinvacalusnow the Waal

via Thai ฉลาม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฉลามmackerel shark: any marine fish of the order...
2Khmerឆ្លាមPondicherry shark; ត្រី~) spadenose shark
Every word from Latin vacalus →