Where does “ยาดอง” come from?

ยาดอง (Thai) comes from Thai ยา, from Proto-Tai ˀjɯəᴬ — medicine.

ยาดอง (Thai): a drink made from herbs or things believed to be of medical properties steeped in liquor

Definitions

  1. a drink made from herbs or things believed to be of medical properties steeped in liquor

Ancestry of “ยาดอง”, step by step

ยาดอง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาmedicine; drug; tobacco; cigarette
2Proto-Taiˀjɯəᴬmedicine

via Thai ดอง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดองto pickle: to preserve or steep in brine or other...
2Proto-Tait.noːŋᴬrelated by marriage
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