Where does “น้ำตก” come from?

น้ำตก (Thai) comes from Thai น้ำ, from Proto-Tai *C̬.namꟲ — water.

น้ำตก (Thai): waterfall; a dish of sliced grilled animal meat...

Definitions

  1. waterfall; a dish of sliced grilled animal meat...

Ancestry of “น้ำตก”, step by step

น้ำตก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai น้ำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้ำwater; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as...
2Proto-Tai*C̬.namꟲwater

via Thai ตก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตกto fall; to drop
2Proto-Taitokᴰto drop
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