Where does “สาหร่ายทะเล” come from?
สาหร่ายทะเล (Thai) comes from Thai ทะเล, from Khmer ទន្លេ, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ទន្លេ — large body of water.
สาหร่ายทะเล (Thai): seaweed
Ancestry of “สาหร่ายทะเล”, step by step
สาหร่ายทะเล traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ทะเล
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ทะเล | sea; any large body of water |
| 2 | Khmer | ទន្លេ | large river |
| 3 | Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer | ទន្លេ | large body of water |
via Thai สาหร่าย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สาหร่าย | algae; a certain type of aquatic flowering plant,... |
| 2 | Khmer | សារាយ | algae; ornamental wood valance around house eaves |