Where does “เด็กน้อย” come from?

เด็กน้อย (Thai) comes from Thai เด็ก, from Proto-Tai ɗekᴰ — child.

เด็กน้อย (Thai): baby; small child

Definitions

  1. baby; small child

Ancestry of “เด็กน้อย”, step by step

เด็กน้อย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เด็ก

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

via Thai น้อย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้อยlittle, few; small; a little, a few
2Proto-Tai*noːjꟲ—
Every word from Proto-Tai ɗekᴰ →Every word from Thai เด็ก →