Where does “มะเร็งเต้านม” come from?

มะเร็งเต้านม (Thai) comes from Thai เต้านม, from Thai นม, from Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

มะเร็งเต้านม (Thai): breast cancer

Definitions

  1. breast cancer

Ancestry of “มะเร็งเต้านม”, step by step

มะเร็งเต้านม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เต้านม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเต้านมwoman’s breast
2Thaiนมmilk; breast
3Palināmaname; immaterial factors such as consciousness...
4Sanskritनामन्name, personal name, appellation; a...
5Proto-Indo-AryanHnā́ma
6Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Thai มะเร็ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมะเร็งcancer
2Malaymerengsairritant; incurable, obstinate, unhealable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma