Where does “ลูกบาศก์” come from?

ลูกบาศก์ (Thai) comes from Thai ลูก, from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰ — child.

ลูกบาศก์ (Thai): cube

Definitions

  1. cube

Ancestry of “ลูกบาศก์”, step by step

ลูกบาศก์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลูก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลูกball; round object; fruit; subordinate; person of...
2Proto-Tailɯ:kᴰchild

via Thai บาศก์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบาศก์die, dice
Every word from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰ →Every word from Thai ลูก →