Where does “เล็กน้อย” come from?

เล็กน้อย (Thai) comes from Thai น้อย, from Proto-Tai *noːjꟲ.

เล็กน้อย (Thai): insignificant; unimportant; trivial; trifling; petty

Definitions

  1. insignificant; unimportant; trivial; trifling; petty

Ancestry of “เล็กน้อย”, step by step

เล็กน้อย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai น้อย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้อยlittle, few; small; a little, a few
2Proto-Tai*noːjꟲ—

via Thai เล็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเล็กsmall
Every word from Proto-Tai *noːjꟲ →Every word from Thai น้อย →