Where does “หูฉลาม” come from?

หูฉลาม (Thai) comes from Thai หู, from Proto-Tai krwɯːᴬ — ear.

หูฉลาม (Thai): shark fin

Definitions

  1. shark fin

Ancestry of “หูฉลาม”, step by step

หูฉลาม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หู

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหูear; ear-like part of anything, as bag handle,...
2Proto-Taikrwɯːᴬear

via Thai ฉลาม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฉลามmackerel shark: any marine fish of the order...
2Khmerឆ្លាមPondicherry shark; ត្រី~) spadenose shark
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