Where does “ลอง” come from?

ลอง (Thai) comes from Khmer លង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer luuŋh.

ลอง (Thai): to try; to sample

Definitions

  1. to try; to sample

Ancestry of “ลอง”, step by step

ลอง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer លង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerលងto test, to try
2Proto-Mon-Khmerluuŋh—

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan laŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanlaŋto lift; to raise

Words derived from “ลอง”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer luuŋh →Every word from Khmer លង →