Where does “เนื้อไม้” come from?

เนื้อไม้ (Thai) comes from Thai เนื้อ, from Thai ตัว, from Old Chinese 頭.

เนื้อไม้ (Thai): xylem

Definitions

  1. xylem

Ancestry of “เนื้อไม้”, step by step

เนื้อไม้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เนื้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเนื้อflesh; meat; beef
2Thaiตัวself; figure; form; shape; body; embodiment;...
3Old Chinese頭—

via Thai ไม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม้wood; stick; log; tree; plant; mark
2Proto-Tai*mwajꟲ—
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →Every word from Thai เนื้อ →