Where does “เด็กชาย” come from?

เด็กชาย (Thai) comes from Thai ชาย, from Proto-Tai ʑaːjᴬ — eaves; male; man; male.

เด็กชาย (Thai): boy; a formal title which a man under 15 years of...

Definitions

  1. boy; a formal title which a man under 15 years of...

Ancestry of “เด็กชาย”, step by step

เด็กชาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชายmale; man; edge; eaves
2Proto-Taiʑaːjᴬeaves; male; man; male

via Thai เด็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเด็กchild: person below the age of adulthood; young...
2Proto-Taiɗekᴰchild
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