Where does “แผ่นดิน” come from?

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

แผ่นดิน (Thai): earth; ground; land; territory; nation; world;...

Definitions

  1. earth; ground; land; territory; nation; world;...

Ancestry of “แผ่นดิน”, step by step

แผ่นดิน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แผ่น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแผ่นsheet; tablet; plate; plank; strip; piece
2Proto-Southwestern Taipʰɛːnᴮ¹classifier of boards, flat objects, etc
3Middle Chinese片—

via Thai ดิน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดินearth; ground; soil; land
2Proto-Taiɗinᴬearth

Words derived from “แผ่นดิน”

Every word from Middle Chinese 片 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰɛːnᴮ¹ →Every word from Thai แผ่น →