Where does “ศิลาแลง” come from?

ศิลาแลง (Thai) comes from Thai ศิลา, from Sanskrit शिला, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćHláH.

ศิลาแลง (Thai): laterite

Definitions

  1. laterite

Ancestry of “ศิลาแลง”, step by step

ศิลาแลง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ศิลา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศิลาrock; stone
2Sanskritशिलाstone, rock, crag; red arsenic; camphor
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćHláH—

via Thai แลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแลงlaterite
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćHláH →Every word from Sanskrit शिला →Every word from Thai ศิลา →