Where does “เคล็ดลับ” come from?

เคล็ดลับ (Thai) comes from Thai ลับ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai lapᴰ²ˢ — to sharpen; hidden; secret.

เคล็ดลับ (Thai): secret, secret technique, secret mechanism, secret key, secret trick

Definitions

  1. secret, secret technique, secret mechanism, secret key, secret trick

Ancestry of “เคล็ดลับ”, step by step

เคล็ดลับ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลับ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลับto sharpen; hidden from sight; secret
2Proto-Southwestern Tailapᴰ²ˢto sharpen; hidden; secret

via Thai เคล็ด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเคล็ดtrick; technique
Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai lapᴰ²ˢ →Every word from Thai ลับ →