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Where does “ทองแดง” come from?

ทองแดง (Thai) comes from Thai แดง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ˀdɛːŋᴬ³, from Proto-Tai *C̥.dwiːŋᴬ.

ทองแดง (Thai): copper; the speaking in the :Southern Thai...

Definitions

  1. copper; the speaking in the :Southern Thai...

Ancestry of “ทองแดง”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแดงred; to reveal; cent; money
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ˀdɛːŋᴬ³—
3Proto-Tai*C̥.dwiːŋᴬ—

Words derived from “ทองแดง”

  • ទង់ដែង
  • សក់ទង់ដែង
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