Where does “แม่เล้า” come from?

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

แม่เล้า (Thai): woman in charge of a prostitution house or...

Definitions

  1. woman in charge of a prostitution house or...

Ancestry of “แม่เล้า”, step by step

แม่เล้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แม่

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

via Thai เล้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเล้าpen, coop
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