Where does “ผิวหนัง” come from?

ผิวหนัง (Thai) comes from Thai หนัง, from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬ — skin.

ผิวหนัง (Thai): skin

Definitions

  1. skin

Ancestry of “ผิวหนัง”, step by step

ผิวหนัง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หนัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหนังskin; leather; animal hide; shadow puppet;...
2Proto-Taiʰnaŋᴬskin

via Thai ผิว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผิวskin; complexion
2Middle Chinese膚—
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬ →Every word from Thai หนัง →