Where does “เหล็กเส้น” come from?

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

เหล็กเส้น (Thai): steel rod

Definitions

  1. steel rod

Ancestry of “เหล็กเส้น”, step by step

เหล็กเส้น 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鐵—

via Thai เส้น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเส้นline; anything that is long and thin: hair, rope,...
2Proto-Tai*selꟲ—
Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰlekᴰ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰlekᴰ¹ˢ →