Where does “แม่น้ำโขง” come from?
แม่น้ำโขง (Thai) comes from Thai แม่น้ำ, from Thai น้ำ, from Proto-Tai *C̬.namꟲ.
Ancestry of “แม่น้ำโขง”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | แม่น้ำ | river |
| 2 | Thai | น้ำ | water; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as... |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | *C̬.namꟲ | — |