Where does “ผู้ชาย” come from?

ผู้ชาย (Thai) comes from Thai ผู้, from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰuːᶜ — person.

ผู้ชาย (Thai): man; adult male

Definitions

  1. man; adult male

Ancestry of “ผู้ชาย”, step by step

ผู้ชาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ผู้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผู้person; people; male; those; those who
2Proto-Southwestern Taipʰuːᶜperson

via Thai ชาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชายmale; man; edge; eaves
2Proto-Taiʑaːjᴬeaves; male; man; male

Words derived from “ผู้ชาย”

Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰuːᶜ →Every word from Thai ผู้ →