Where does “แผ่นดินไหว” come from?
แผ่นดินไหว (Thai) comes from Thai แผ่นดิน, from Thai แผ่น, from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰɛːnᴮ¹, from Middle Chinese 片.
แผ่นดินไหว (Thai): earthquake
Ancestry of “แผ่นดินไหว”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |