Where does “ชายหาด” come from?

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

ชายหาด (Thai): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “ชายหาด”, step by step

ชายหาด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชาย

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

via Thai หาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหาดbeach
2Proto-Taihaːtᴰbeach; sand bar
Every word from Proto-Tai ʑaːjᴬ →Every word from Thai ชาย →