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

ละครน้ำเน่า traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ละคร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiละครshow; play; drama
2Javaneseꦭꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀plot, scenario
3Javaneseꦭꦏꦸwalk
4Proto-West Germaniclakustream; pool, lake
5Finnishlakritsilicorice, liquorice
6Swedishlakritslicorice/liquorice
7Late Latinliquiritia
8Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
9Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
10Proto-Hellenic*dlukús

via Thai น้ำเน่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้ำเน่าinviting vomit; nonsensical; senseless; polluted...
2Thaiน้ำwater; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as...
3Proto-Tai*C̬.namꟲwater

via Thai inviting]] [[vomit]]; [[nonsensical]]; [[senseless]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiinviting]] [[vomit]]; [[nonsensical]]; [[senseless]]
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dlukúsEvery word from Ancient Greek γλυκύςEvery word from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα