Where does “ท่อนจันทน์” come from?

ท่อนจันทน์ (Thai) comes from Thai จันทน์, from Sanskrit चन्दन, from Tamil சாந்து — Santalum tree.

ท่อนจันทน์ (Thai): club or cudgel made of fragrant sandalwood, traditionally used to strike royal persons to death in their execution

Definitions

  1. club or cudgel made of fragrant sandalwood, traditionally used to strike royal persons to death in their execution

Ancestry of “ท่อนจันทน์”, step by step

ท่อนจันทน์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai จันทน์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiจันทน์sandalwood wood, tree, oil, Albizia odoratissima
2Sanskritचन्दनsandalwood
3Tamilசாந்துSantalum tree

via Thai ท่อน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiท่อนpart; portion; fraction; segment
Every word from Tamil சாந்து →Every word from Sanskrit चन्दन →Every word from Thai จันทน์ →