Where does “ลูกโป่ง” come from?

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

ลูกโป่ง (Thai): balloon

Definitions

  1. balloon

Ancestry of “ลูกโป่ง”, step by step

ลูกโป่ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลูก

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

via Thai โป่ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโป่งto swell; to inflate; salt earth; mineral lick
Every word from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰEvery word from Thai ลูก