Where does “ปะการัง” come from?
ปะการัง (Thai) comes from Thai กะรัง, from Malay karang, from Classical Malay karang, from Javanese ꦏꦫꦁ, from Old Javanese karaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karaŋ — small edible freshwater crab.
ปะการัง (Thai): coral
Definitions
- coral
Ancestry of “ปะการัง”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | กะรัง | coral |
| 2 | Malay | karang | coral; coral reef |
| 3 | Classical Malay | karang | coral, a hard substance made of the limestone... |
| 4 | Javanese | ꦏꦫꦁ | coral, a hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps |
| 5 | Old Javanese | karaṅ | coral |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *karaŋ | small edible freshwater crab |