Where does “ดั้งเดิม” come from?

ดั้งเดิม (Thai) comes from Thai ดั้ง, from Japanese 段, from Chinese 段.

ดั้งเดิม (Thai): original; primitive

Definitions

  1. original; primitive

Ancestry of “ดั้งเดิม”, step by step

ดั้งเดิม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ดั้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดั้งnose; bridge; rank
2Japanese段steps (up and down); stairs
3Chinese段—

via Thai เดิม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเดิมoriginal; first
2Khmerដើមtrunk (of a tree or of the body), stock (of a rifle)
Every word from Chinese 段 →Every word from Japanese 段 →Every word from Thai ดั้ง →