Where does “ตาปลา” come from?

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

ตาปลา (Thai): corn

Definitions

  1. corn

Ancestry of “ตาปลา”, step by step

ตาปลา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตา

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

via Thai ปลา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปลาfish
2Proto-Taiplaːᴬfish
Every word from Proto-Tai taːᴬ →Every word from Thai ตา →