Where does “ช่องไฟ” come from?

ช่องไฟ (Thai) comes from Thai ไฟ, from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ — fire.

ช่องไฟ (Thai): fireplace (on top of a wall, defensive wall, or similar structure)

Definitions

  1. fireplace (on top of a wall, defensive wall, or similar structure)

Ancestry of “ช่องไฟ”, step by step

ช่องไฟ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไฟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไฟfire; flame; light; light source; electricity
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire

via Thai ช่อง

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