Where does “ป่าช้า” come from?

ป่าช้า (Thai) comes from Thai ป่า, from Proto-Tai paːᴮ — grove; wood.

ป่าช้า (Thai): place for burial or cremation of the dead: burial ground, cremation ground, etc

Definitions

  1. place for burial or cremation of the dead: burial ground, cremation ground, etc

Ancestry of “ป่าช้า”, step by step

ป่าช้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ป่า

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

via Thai ช้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiช้าslow, not quick; late, not arriving until after...

Words derived from “ป่าช้า”

Every word from Proto-Tai paːᴮ →Every word from Thai ป่า →