Where does “ป่าชายเลน” come from?

ป่าชายเลน (Thai) comes from Thai เลน, from English lane, from Middle English lane, from Old English lane, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

ป่าชายเลน (Thai): mangrove

Definitions

  1. mangrove

Ancestry of “ป่าชายเลน”, step by step

ป่าชายเลน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เลน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเลนmud; slush; muck; lane
2EnglishlaneA road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow...
3Middle Englishlanelane, alley narrow passage between buildings
4Old Englishlanelane, narrow path
5Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
6Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway

via Thai ป่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiป่าforest; wood; relating to forest; wild; savage
2Proto-Taipaːᴮgrove; wood

via Thai ชาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชายmale; man; edge; eaves
2Proto-Taiʑaːjᴬeaves; male; man; male
Every word from Proto-Germanic lanōEvery word from Proto-West Germanic lanuEvery word from Old English lane