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
แผ่นดินไหว 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 ไหว
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ไหว | to shake, to tremble, to quake; capable |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | C̥.wajᴬ | — |
Words derived from “แผ่นดินไหว”