Where does “ดาวทะเล” come from?

ดาวทะเล (Thai) comes from Thai ทะเล, from Khmer ទន្លេ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ — large body of water.

ดาวทะเล (Thai): starfish

Definitions

  1. starfish

Ancestry of “ดาวทะเล”, step by step

ดาวทะเล traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทะเล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทะเลsea; any large body of water
2Khmerទន្លេlarge river
3Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerទន្លេlarge body of water

via Thai ดาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดาวstar; celebrity; starfish
2Proto-Tait.naːwᴬstar
Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Thai ทะเล →