Where does “สายไหม” come from?

สายไหม (Thai) comes from Thai ไหม, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmajᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmajᴬ, from Old Chinese 徽.

สายไหม (Thai): cotton candy

Definitions

  1. cotton candy

Ancestry of “สายไหม”, step by step

สายไหม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไหม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไหมsilkworm; thread; silk
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmajᴬthread
3Proto-Taiʰmajᴬthread
4Old Chinese徽—

via Thai สาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสายlate; delayed; late morning; line; wire; rope;...
2Proto-Taisaːjᴬcord; string

Words derived from “สายไหม”

Every word from Old Chinese 徽 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmajᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmajᴬ →