Where does “โคมลอย” come from?

โคมลอย (Thai) comes from Thai โคม, from English komi, from Russian Ко́ми, from Komi-Zyrian коми, from Komi-Zyrian *ком.

โคมลอย (Thai): sky lantern; groundless; baseless; nonsensical

Definitions

  1. sky lantern; groundless; baseless; nonsensical

Ancestry of “โคมลอย”, step by step

โคมลอย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โคม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโคมlantern; a type of large bowl with the shape like...
2EnglishkomiBonus points given to the white player to...
3RussianКо́миa Komi, a Zyrian
4Komi-ZyrianкомиKomi person
5Komi-Zyrian*ком—

via Thai ลอย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลอยto float
2Proto-Tailoːjᴬto swim
Every word from Komi-Zyrian *ком →Every word from Komi-Zyrian коми →Every word from Russian Ко́ми →