Where does “ปัน” come from?

ปัน (Thai) comes from Old Mon ပန်, from Proto-Mon-Khmer punʔ — four.

ปัน (Thai): To share, divide into shares

Definitions

  1. To share, divide into shares

Ancestry of “ปัน”, step by step

ปัน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Mon ပန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Monပန်
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpunʔfour

via Proto-Tai panᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taipanᴬto divide

Words derived from “ปัน

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer punʔEvery word from Old Mon ပန်