Where does “มันเทศ” come from?

มันเทศ (Thai) comes from Thai เทศ, from Sanskrit देश, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

มันเทศ (Thai): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “มันเทศ”, step by step

มันเทศ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เทศ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเทศlocal; foreign; district; locality; place;...
2Sanskritदेशpoint, region, spot, place, part, portion;...
3Proto-Indo-Aryandayśáspoint, region, part; country, province
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandayćáspart, point; country
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Thai มัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมันa third person pronoun used to refer to a...
2Thaiสำปะหลัง—
3Min Nan三寶壟—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás →