Where does “ชายฝั่ง” come from?

ชายฝั่ง (Thai) comes from Thai ชาย, from Proto-Tai ʑaːjᴬ — eaves; male; man; male.

ชายฝั่ง (Thai): coast, seashore

Definitions

  1. coast, seashore

Ancestry of “ชายฝั่ง”, step by step

ชายฝั่ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชายmale; man; edge; eaves
2Proto-Taiʑaːjᴬeaves; male; man; male

via Thai ฝั่ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฝั่งbank (of a river), coast, shore
2Proto-Taiʰwaŋᴮ—
Every word from Proto-Tai ʑaːjᴬ →Every word from Thai ชาย →