Where does “เหล็กกล้า” come from?

เหล็กกล้า (Thai) comes from Thai เหล็ก, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ, from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰ, from Old Chinese 鐵.

เหล็กกล้า (Thai): steel

Definitions

  1. steel

Ancestry of “เหล็กกล้า”, step by step

เหล็กกล้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เหล็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเหล็กiron; metal tool; metal; steel; iron
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʰlekᴰ¹ˢiron
3Proto-Taiʰlekᴰiron
4Old Chinese

via Thai กล้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกล้าrice seedling

Words derived from “เหล็กกล้า

Every word from Old Chinese Every word from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ
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