Where does “ยาสูบ” come from?

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

ยาสูบ (Thai): tobacco, cigarette

Definitions

  1. tobacco, cigarette

Ancestry of “ยาสูบ”, step by step

ยาสูบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยา

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

via Thai สูบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสูบpump; to suck; to draw; to pump; to smoke

Words derived from “ยาสูบ”

Every word from Proto-Tai ˀjɯəᴬ →Every word from Thai ยา →