Where does “แผ่นปลิว” come from?

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

แผ่นปลิว (Thai): leaflet, flyer

Definitions

  1. leaflet, flyer

Ancestry of “แผ่นปลิว”, step by step

แผ่นปลิว 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

via Thai ปลิว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปลิวto fly; to be blown away
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai pʰɛːnᴮ¹Every word from Thai แผ่น