Where does “ฝาแฝด” come from?

ฝาแฝด (Thai) comes from Thai ฝา, from Proto-Tai hwaːᴬ — partition; lid.

ฝาแฝด (Thai): twin

Definitions

  1. twin

Ancestry of “ฝาแฝด”, step by step

ฝาแฝด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ฝา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฝาlid; cap; partition; wall
2Proto-Taihwaːᴬpartition; lid

via Thai แฝด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแฝดtwin; paired; double
Every word from Proto-Tai hwaːᴬ →Every word from Thai ฝา →
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