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Where does “แผ่น” come from?

แผ่น (Thai) comes from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰɛːnᴮ¹, from Middle Chinese 片.

แผ่น (Thai): sheet; tablet; plate; plank; strip; piece

Definitions

  1. sheet; tablet; plate; plank; strip; piece

Ancestry of “แผ่น”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Southwestern Taipʰɛːnᴮ¹classifier of boards, flat objects, etc
2Middle Chinese片—

Words derived from “แผ่น”

  • แผ่นดินไหว
  • แผ่นดิน
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