Where does “แม่ยาย” come from?

แม่ยาย (Thai) comes from Thai แม่, from Proto-Tai meːᴮ — mother.

แม่ยาย (Thai): mother of one's wife

Definitions

  1. mother of one's wife

Ancestry of “แม่ยาย”, step by step

แม่ยาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แม่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแม่mother; female head, chief, or leader; woman in...
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother

via Thai ยาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยายmaternal grandmother; aged woman; a term of...
2Proto-Tai*naːjᴬmaternal grandmother

Words derived from “แม่ยาย”

Every word from Proto-Tai meːᴮ →Every word from Thai แม่ →
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