Where does “ภาษาแม่” come from?
ภาษาแม่ (Thai) comes from Thai ภาษา, from Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.
ภาษาแม่ (Thai): mother language; mother tongue
Definitions
- mother language; mother tongue
Ancestry of “ภาษาแม่”, step by step
ภาษาแม่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ภาษา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ภาษา | language; a minority that speaks a certain... |
| 2 | Pali | bhāsā | language; dialect |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भाषा | speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भाष | — |
via Thai แม่
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | แม่ | mother; female head, chief, or leader; woman in... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | meːᴮ | mother |