Where does “บาร์เลย์” come from?
บาร์เลย์ (Thai) comes from English barley, from Middle English barly, from Old English bærlīċ, from Old English bere, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
บาร์เลย์ (Thai): barley
Definitions
- barley
Ancestry of “บาร์เลย์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barley | A cereal of the species "Hordeum vulgare", or its... |
| 2 | Middle English | barly | barley plant |
| 3 | Old English | bærlīċ | barley-like |
| 4 | Old English | bere | barley; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |