Where does “ลูกเล่น” come from?

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

ลูกเล่น (Thai): tactic; artifice

Definitions

  1. tactic; artifice

Ancestry of “ลูกเล่น”, step by step

ลูกเล่น traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลูก

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

via Thai เล่น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเล่นto play
Every word from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰ →Every word from Thai ลูก →