Where does “น้ำท่วม” come from?

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

น้ำท่วม (Thai): flood

Definitions

  1. flood

Ancestry of “น้ำท่วม”, step by step

น้ำท่วม 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 ท่วม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiท่วมto flood; to submerge; to inundate; to be imbued;...
2Proto-TaiC̬.tuəmᴮto flood
Every word from Proto-Tai *C̬.namꟲ →Every word from Thai น้ำ →