Where does “ร้อยแปด” come from?

ร้อยแปด (Thai) comes from Thai แปด, from Proto-Tai peːtᴰ, from Middle Chinese 八.

ร้อยแปด (Thai): miscellaneous; various; plentiful; a variety of; all sorts/kinds of

Definitions

  1. miscellaneous; various; plentiful; a variety of; all sorts/kinds of

Ancestry of “ร้อยแปด”, step by step

ร้อยแปด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แปด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแปด8; eight
2Proto-Taipeːtᴰeight
3Middle Chinese八—

via Thai ร้อย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiร้อยhundred; 100; lieutenant; to thread; to stitch
2Proto-Tai*roːjꟲ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 八 →Every word from Proto-Tai peːtᴰ →Every word from Thai แปด →
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