Where does “เงินปี” come from?

เงินปี (Thai) comes from Thai ปี, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹, from Proto-Tai piːᴬ — year.

เงินปี (Thai): annual salary

Definitions

  1. annual salary

Ancestry of “เงินปี”, step by step

เงินปี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปีyear
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*piːᴬ¹—
3Proto-Taipiːᴬyear

via Thai เงิน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเงินsilver; money
Every word from Proto-Tai piːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹ →Every word from Thai ปี →