Where does “ลิ้นชัก” come from?

ลิ้นชัก (Thai) comes from Thai ลิ้น, from Proto-Tai *liːnꟲ — tongue.

ลิ้นชัก (Thai): drawer: sliding compartment, as in a piece of...

Definitions

  1. drawer: sliding compartment, as in a piece of...

Ancestry of “ลิ้นชัก”, step by step

ลิ้นชัก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลิ้น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลิ้นtongue; reed; valve
2Proto-Tai*liːnꟲtongue

via Thai ชัก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชักto pull, draw, or drag; to deduct; to subtract;...
Every word from Proto-Tai *liːnꟲ →Every word from Thai ลิ้น →