Where does “สิบเจ็ด” come from?

สิบเจ็ด (Thai) comes from Thai เจ็ด, from Proto-Tai cetᴰ, from Middle Chinese 七.

สิบเจ็ด (Thai): 17; seventeen

Definitions

  1. 17; seventeen

Ancestry of “สิบเจ็ด”, step by step

สิบเจ็ด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เจ็ด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเจ็ด7; seven
2Proto-Taicetᴰseven
3Middle Chinese

via Thai สิบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสิบ10; ten
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai cetᴰEvery word from Thai เจ็ด