Where does “ตัน” come from?
ตัน (Thai) comes from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być — to be able.
ตัน (Thai): clogged up; blocked; stopped up; solid; not...
Definitions
- clogged up; blocked; stopped up; solid; not...
Ancestry of “ตัน”, step by step
ตัน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 2 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 3 | Old French | ton | your |
| 4 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 5 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 6 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 7 | Polish | tu | here |
| 8 | Polish | być | to be |
| 9 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 10 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Proto-Southwestern Tai tanᴬ¹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | tanᴬ¹ | solid; blocked; not hollow |