Where does “ทากทะเล” come from?

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

ทากทะเล (Thai): sea slug

Definitions

  1. sea slug

Ancestry of “ทากทะเล”, step by step

ทากทะเล 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 ทาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทากleech; slug
2Proto-Taidaːkᴰland leech
Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Thai ทะเล →