Where does “ฟังเพลง” come from?

ฟังเพลง (Thai) comes from Thai เพลง, from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង, from Khmer លេង — to play, to enjoy, to do for fun.

ฟังเพลง (Thai): to listen to music

Definitions

  1. to listen to music

Ancestry of “ฟังเพลง”, step by step

ฟังเพลง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เพลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเพลงsong; music
2Middle Khmerភ្លេងplaying music; music; music ensemble
3Khmerលេងto play, to enjoy, to do for fun

via Thai ฟัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฟังto listen; to hear; to obey; to comply with
2Proto-Southwestern Taivaŋᴬto listen
3Proto-Taiwalᴬto slash
Every word from Khmer លេង →Every word from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង →Every word from Thai เพลง →