Where does “ทะเลทราย” come from?

ทะเลทราย (Thai) comes from Thai ทราย, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *zaːjᴬ⁴, from Proto-Tai zwɯəjᴬ, from Old Chinese 沙.

ทะเลทราย (Thai): desert

Definitions

  1. desert

Ancestry of “ทะเลทราย”, step by step

ทะเลทราย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทราย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทรายsand
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*zaːjᴬ⁴—
3Proto-Taizwɯəjᴬsand
4Old Chinese沙—

via Thai ทะเล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทะเลsea; any large body of water
2Khmerទន្លេlarge river
3Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerទន្លេlarge body of water
Every word from Old Chinese 沙 →Every word from Proto-Tai zwɯəjᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *zaːjᴬ⁴ →