Where does “ลิ้นทะเล” come from?

ลิ้นทะเล (Thai) comes from Thai ทะเล, from Khmer ទន្លេ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ — large body of water.

ลิ้นทะเล (Thai): cuttlefish bone

Definitions

  1. cuttlefish bone

Ancestry of “ลิ้นทะเล”, step by step

ลิ้นทะเล traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทะเล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทะเลsea; any large body of water
2Khmerទន្លេlarge river
3Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerទន្លេlarge body of water

via Thai ลิ้น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลิ้นtongue; reed; valve
2Proto-Tai*liːnꟲtongue
Every word from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេEvery word from Khmer ទន្លេEvery word from Thai ทะเล
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