Where does “ลูกสูบ” come from?

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

ลูกสูบ (Thai): piston

Definitions

  1. piston

Ancestry of “ลูกสูบ”, step by step

ลูกสูบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลูก

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

via Thai สูบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสูบpump; to suck; to draw; to pump; to smoke
Every word from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰEvery word from Thai ลูก