Where does “สีไม้” come from?

สีไม้ (Thai) comes from Thai ไม้, from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ.

สีไม้ (Thai): coloured pencil

Definitions

  1. coloured pencil

Ancestry of “สีไม้”, step by step

สีไม้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม้wood; stick; log; tree; plant; mark
2Proto-Tai*mwajꟲ—

via Thai สี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสีto rub; to scrape; color, colour; colored
Every word from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ →Every word from Thai ไม้ →