Where does “ช่องแคบ” come from?

ช่องแคบ (Thai) comes from Thai แคบ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɣɛːpᴰᴸ⁴, from Middle Chinese 狹.

ช่องแคบ (Thai): strait

Definitions

  1. strait

Ancestry of “ช่องแคบ”, step by step

ช่องแคบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แคบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแคบnarrow
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ɣɛːpᴰᴸ⁴—
3Middle Chinese狹—

via Thai ช่อง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiช่องopening; hole; cavity; gap
2Proto-Taiɟoːŋᴮcrack; hole; crack, hole

Words derived from “ช่องแคบ”

Every word from Middle Chinese 狹 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɣɛːpᴰᴸ⁴ →Every word from Thai แคบ →