Where does “น้ำทะเล” come from?

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

น้ำทะเล (Thai): seawater

Definitions

  1. seawater

Ancestry of “น้ำทะเล”, step by step

น้ำทะเล 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 น้ำ

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