Where does “หนังแท้” come from?

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

หนังแท้ (Thai): dermis

Definitions

  1. dermis

Ancestry of “หนังแท้”, step by step

หนังแท้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หนัง

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

via Thai แท้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแท้genuine, real, true
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰnaŋᴬ →Every word from Thai หนัง →