Where does “เนยใส” come from?

เนยใส (Thai) comes from Thai ใส, from Chinese 四, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.

เนยใส (Thai): clarified butter; ghee

Definitions

  1. clarified butter; ghee

Ancestry of “เนยใส”, step by step

เนยใส traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ใส

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiใสclear; transparent; crystalline; spotless;...
2Chinese四four
3Sino-Tibetan*pV-lij—

via Thai เนย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเนยbutter
2Tamilநெய்ghee
3Proto-Dravidian*neyoil, ghee
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Chinese 四 →Every word from Thai ใส →
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