Where does “ดวงตา” come from?

ดวงตา (Thai) comes from Thai ตา, from Proto-Tai taːᴬ — maternal grandfather.

ดวงตา (Thai): eye, eyeball

Definitions

  1. eye, eyeball

Ancestry of “ดวงตา”, step by step

ดวงตา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตาmaternal grandfather; eye; time; turn; moment
2Proto-Taitaːᴬmaternal grandfather

via Thai ดวง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดวงdisk; sphere; circle; fate, destiny
Every word from Proto-Tai taːᴬ →Every word from Thai ตา →