Where does “ชายทะเล” come from?

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

ชายทะเล (Thai): seashore, coast

Definitions

  1. seashore, coast

Ancestry of “ชายทะเล”, step by step

ชายทะเล traces back through two 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 ชาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชายmale; man; edge; eaves
2Proto-Taiʑaːjᴬeaves; male; man; male
Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Thai ทะเล →