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
Ancestry of “ป่าชายเลน”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | เลน | mud; slush; muck; lane |
| 2 | English | lane | A road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow... |
| 3 | Middle English | lane | — |
| 4 | Old English | lane | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | lanu | lane, passageway |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lanō | lane, passageway |