Where does “เรือใหญ่” come from?

เรือใหญ่ (Thai) comes from Thai เรือ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *rɯəᴬ⁴, from Proto-Tai *C̬.rwɯəᴬ — boat.

เรือใหญ่ (Thai): ship (a large boat)

Definitions

  1. ship (a large boat)

Ancestry of “เรือใหญ่”, step by step

เรือใหญ่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เรือ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเรือwatercraft: boat; ship; etc; rook
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*rɯəᴬ⁴—
3Proto-Tai*C̬.rwɯəᴬboat

via Thai ใหญ่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiใหญ่big; very big; large; great; important; main; to...
Every word from Proto-Tai *C̬.rwɯəᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *rɯəᴬ⁴ →Every word from Thai เรือ →