Where does “เหลา” come from?

เหลา (Thai) comes from Chinese 樓 — building.

เหลา (Thai): to sharpen; to smoothen; restaurant; disgrace;...

Definitions

  1. to sharpen; to smoothen; restaurant; disgrace;...

Ancestry of “เหลา”, step by step

เหลา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 樓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese樓building

via Sanskrit हेला

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritहेला—

Words derived from “เหลา”

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