Where does “ตาเทียด” come from?

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

ตาเทียด (Thai): maternal great-great-grandfather

Definitions

  1. maternal great-great-grandfather

Ancestry of “ตาเทียด”, step by step

ตาเทียด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตา

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

via Thai เทียด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเทียดgreat-great-grandparent (on either side)
Every word from Proto-Tai taːᴬ →Every word from Thai ตา →