Where does “ทะเลสาบ” come from?

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

ทะเลสาบ (Thai): lake (body of water)

Definitions

  1. lake (body of water)

Ancestry of “ทะเลสาบ”, step by step

ทะเลสาบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทะเล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทะเลsea; any large body of water
2Khmerទន្លេlarge river
3Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerទន្លេlarge body of water

via Thai สาบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสาบsmell, stink; smelly, stinking; cockroach
2Proto-Taisaːpᴰcockroach

Words derived from “ทะเลสาบ”

Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Thai ทะเล →