Where does “ตุ่นปากเป็ด” come from?

ตุ่นปากเป็ด (Thai) comes from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ตุ่นปากเป็ด (Thai): platypus

Definitions

  1. platypus

Ancestry of “ตุ่นปากเป็ด”, step by step

ตุ่นปากเป็ด traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปากmouth; brim
2Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
3Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
4Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
5Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
6Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
7Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
8Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai เป็ด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเป็ดduck: bird of the family Anatidae; the plant...
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*petᴰˢ²
3Proto-Taipitᴰduck

via Thai ตุ่น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตุ่นmole (animal)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds
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