Where does “หล่อหลอม” come from?

หล่อหลอม (Thai) comes from Thai หล่อ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlɔːᴮ¹ — to cast; to melt.

หล่อหลอม (Thai): to shape; to fashion; to mould

Definitions

  1. to shape; to fashion; to mould

Ancestry of “หล่อหลอม”, step by step

หล่อหลอม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หล่อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหล่อto cast: to form an object by pouring metal,...
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʰlɔːᴮ¹to cast; to melt

via Thai หลอม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหลอมto melt; to smelt
Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlɔːᴮ¹Every word from Thai หล่อ