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

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “แผ่นดินไหว”, step by step

แผ่นดินไหว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แผ่นดิน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแผ่นดินearth; ground; land; territory; nation; world;...
2Thaiแผ่นsheet; tablet; plate; plank; strip; piece
3Proto-Southwestern Taipʰɛːnᴮ¹classifier of boards, flat objects, etc
4Middle Chinese

via Thai ไหว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไหวto shake, to tremble, to quake; capable
2Proto-TaiC̥.wajᴬ

Words derived from “แผ่นดินไหว

Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰɛːnᴮ¹Every word from Thai แผ่น
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