Where does “ผู้เฒ่า” come from?

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

ผู้เฒ่า (Thai): elder

Definitions

  1. elder

Ancestry of “ผู้เฒ่า”, step by step

ผู้เฒ่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ผู้

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

via Thai เฒ่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเฒ่าaged, very old
2Proto-Taicrawᶜsenior
Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰuːᶜ →Every word from Thai ผู้ →