Where does “หนังตะลุง” come from?

หนังตะลุง (Thai) comes from Thai หนัง, from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬ — skin.

หนังตะลุง (Thai): nang talung, a type of shadow puppetry in Southern Thailand

Definitions

  1. nang talung, a type of shadow puppetry in Southern Thailand

Ancestry of “หนังตะลุง”, step by step

หนังตะลุง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หนัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหนังskin; leather; animal hide; shadow puppet;...
2Proto-Taiʰnaŋᴬskin

via Thai ตะลุง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตะลุงelephant stake: post to which an elephant is tied
2Thaiพัทลุง—
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬ →Every word from Thai หนัง →