Where does “ส้มเช้ง” come from?

ส้มเช้ง (Thai) comes from Thai ส้ม, from Proto-Tai *sɤmꟲ — sour.

ส้มเช้ง (Thai): sweet orange

Definitions

  1. sweet orange

Ancestry of “ส้มเช้ง”, step by step

ส้มเช้ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ส้ม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiส้มorange; sour
2Proto-Tai*sɤmꟲsour

via Thai เช้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเช้งbeautifully; finely; sweet orange
2Teochew橙orange
Every word from Proto-Tai *sɤmꟲ →Every word from Thai ส้ม →