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Where does “ละครน้ำเน่า” come from?

ละครน้ำเน่า (Thai) comes from Thai ละคร, from Javanese ꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀, from Javanese ꦭꦏꦸ, from Proto-West Germanic laku, from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα.

ละครน้ำเน่า (Thai): soap opera

Definitions

  1. soap opera

Ancestry of “ละครน้ำเน่า”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiละครshow; play; drama
2Javaneseꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀—
3Javaneseꦭꦏꦸ—
4Proto-West Germaniclakustream; pool, lake
5Finnishlakritsilicorice, liquorice
6Swedishlakritslicorice/liquorice
7Late Latinliquiritia—
8Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
9Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
10Proto-Hellenic*dlukús—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús →