Where does “มอดไม้” come from?

มอดไม้ (Thai) comes from Thai ไม้, from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ.

มอดไม้ (Thai): illegal logger

Definitions

  1. illegal logger

Ancestry of “มอดไม้”, step by step

มอดไม้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม้wood; stick; log; tree; plant; mark
2Proto-Tai*mwajꟲ—

via Thai มอด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมอดto die down; to die out; name of many kinds of...
Every word from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ →Every word from Thai ไม้ →