Where does “ยางลบ” come from?

ยางลบ (Thai) comes from Thai ลบ, from Old Khmer លោបេ, from Sanskrit लोप — breaking, hurting, injury, destruction, interruption.

ยางลบ (Thai): rubber: device for erasing marks made with pen,...

Definitions

  1. rubber: device for erasing marks made with pen,...

Ancestry of “ยางลบ”, step by step

ยางลบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลบto erase; to subtract; undesirable, unpleasant,...
2Old Khmerលោបេ—
3Sanskritलोपbreaking, hurting, injury, destruction, interruption

via Thai ยาง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยางresin; rubber; tire
2Proto-Taiˀjaːŋᴬresin
Every word from Sanskrit लोप →Every word from Old Khmer លោបេ →Every word from Thai ลบ →