Where does “ตระกูลภาษา” come from?
ตระกูลภาษา (Thai) comes from Thai ตระกูล, from Middle Khmer ត្រកូល, from Khmer គោត្រកូល, from Khmer កល, from Sanskrit कुल — family; tribe; clan.
ตระกูลภาษา (Thai): language family
Ancestry of “ตระกูลภาษา”, step by step
ตระกูลภาษา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ตระกูล
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ตระกูล | family; lineage; pedigree |
| 2 | Middle Khmer | ត្រកូល | family; relatives; clan; lineage; etc |
| 3 | Khmer | គោត្រកូល | lineage, kindred, related or extended family |
| 4 | Khmer | កល | trick, ruse, stratagem |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कुल | family; tribe; clan |
via Thai ภาษา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ภาษา | language; a minority that speaks a certain... |
| 2 | Pali | bhāsā | language; dialect |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भाषा | speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भाष | — |