Where does “เนื้อเพลง” come from?

เนื้อเพลง (Thai) comes from Thai เพลง, from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង, from Khmer លេង — to play, to enjoy, to do for fun.

เนื้อเพลง (Thai): lyrics

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Ancestry of “เนื้อเพลง”, step by step

เนื้อเพลง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เพลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเพลงsong; music
2Middle Khmerភ្លេងplaying music; music; music ensemble
3Khmerលេងto play, to enjoy, to do for fun

via Thai เนื้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเนื้อflesh; meat; beef
2Thaiตัวself; figure; form; shape; body; embodiment;...
3Old Chinese頭—
Every word from Khmer លេង →Every word from Middle Khmer ភ្លេង →Every word from Thai เพลง →