Where does “ปลิงทะเล” come from?

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

ปลิงทะเล (Thai): sea cucumber

Definitions

  1. sea cucumber

Ancestry of “ปลิงทะเล”, step by step

ปลิงทะเล 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 ปลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปลงto lay down; to put down; to dispose of; to come...
2Proto-Taiploŋᴬ—
Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Khmer ទន្លេ →Every word from Thai ทะเล →
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