Where does “ทางน้ำล้น” come from?
ทางน้ำล้น (Thai) comes from Thai ทาง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.
ทางน้ำล้น (Thai): spillway
Definitions
- spillway
Ancestry of “ทางน้ำล้น”, step by step
ทางน้ำล้น traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ทาง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ทาง | way, route, or course for travel; opportunity;... |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | daːŋᴬ² | road; way |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 唐 | — |
via Thai น้ำ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | น้ำ | water; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *C̬.namꟲ | water |
via Thai ล้น
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ล้น | to overflow; to be overfilled; to brim over; to spill over |