Where does “ผลพลอยได้” come from?

ผลพลอยได้ (Thai) comes from Thai ผล, from Pali phala, from Sanskrit फल, from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam, from Proto-Dravidian *paẓV- — to ripen, mature.

ผลพลอยได้ (Thai): by-product; unexpected outcome

Definitions

  1. by-product; unexpected outcome

Ancestry of “ผลพลอยได้”, step by step

ผลพลอยได้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ผล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผลresult; outcome; profit; effect; fruit
2Paliphalafruit; result, benefit
3Sanskritफलcoral swirl; fruit; kernel or seed of a fruit
4Proto-Dravidian*paẓam—
5Proto-Dravidian*paẓV-to ripen, mature

via Thai ได้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiได้to get; to obtain; to receive; used before a verb...
2Thaiพลอยgem; precious stone
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *paẓV- →Every word from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam →Every word from Sanskrit फल →
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