Where does “แผ่นดินใหญ่” come from?
แผ่นดินใหญ่ (Thai) comes from Thai แผ่นดิน, from Thai แผ่น, from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰɛːnᴮ¹, from Middle Chinese 片.
แผ่นดินใหญ่ (Thai): mainland
Definitions
- mainland
Ancestry of “แผ่นดินใหญ่”, step by step
แผ่นดินใหญ่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai แผ่นดิน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | แผ่นดิน | earth; ground; land; territory; nation; world;... |
| 2 | Thai | แผ่น | sheet; tablet; plate; plank; strip; piece |
| 3 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | pʰɛːnᴮ¹ | classifier of boards, flat objects, etc |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 片 | — |
via Thai ใหญ่
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ใหญ่ | big; very big; large; great; important; main; to... |