Where does “ทะเล” come from?

ทะเล (Thai) comes from Khmer ទន្លេ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ — large body of water.

ทะเล (Thai): sea; any large body of water

Definitions

  1. sea; any large body of water

Ancestry of “ทะเล”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទន្លេlarge river
2Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerទន្លេlarge body of water

Words derived from “ทะเล”

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