Where does “ภูเขาไฟ” come from?

ภูเขาไฟ (Thai) comes from Thai ไฟ, from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ — fire.

ภูเขาไฟ (Thai): volcano

Definitions

  1. volcano

Ancestry of “ภูเขาไฟ”, step by step

ภูเขาไฟ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไฟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไฟfire; flame; light; light source; electricity
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire

via Thai ภูเขา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiภูเขาmountain

Words derived from “ภูเขาไฟ”

Every word from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ →Every word from Thai ไฟ →