Where does “ตาข่าย” come from?

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

ตาข่าย (Thai): net

Definitions

  1. net

Ancestry of “ตาข่าย”, step by step

ตาข่าย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตา

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

via Thai ขาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขายto sell
2Proto-Tai*p.qaːjᴬto sell
Every word from Proto-Tai taːᴬ →Every word from Thai ตา →