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Where does “ลอยกระทง” come from?

ลอยกระทง (Thai) comes from Thai ลอย, from Proto-Tai loːjᴬ — to swim.

Ancestry of “ลอยกระทง”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลอยto float
2Proto-Tailoːjᴬto swim
Every word from Proto-Tai loːjᴬ →