Where does “เพลา” come from?

เพลา (Thai) comes from Sanskrit वेला — time; tide; boundary, threshold, limit, limen.

เพลา (Thai): Alternative form of เวลา; lap; axle

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of เวลา; lap; axle

Ancestry of “เพลา”, step by step

เพลา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वेला

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवेलाtime; tide; boundary, threshold, limit, limen

via Proto-Mon-Khmer bluuʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerbluuʔthigh
Every word from Sanskrit वेला