Where does “เฟิร์น” come from?
เฟิร์น (Thai) comes from English fern, from Middle English fern, from Old English fearn, from Proto-West Germanic farn, from Proto-Indo-European pornóm, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
เฟิร์น (Thai): fern
Ancestry of “เฟิร์น”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fern | Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of... |
| 2 | Middle English | fern | — |
| 3 | Old English | fearn | fern |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | farn | fern |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pornóm | feather, wing; fern, leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |