Where does “ไข้ป่า” come from?

ไข้ป่า (Thai) comes from Thai ป่า, from Proto-Tai paːᴮ — grove; wood.

ไข้ป่า (Thai): malaria

Definitions

  1. malaria

Ancestry of “ไข้ป่า”, step by step

ไข้ป่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ป่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiป่าforest; wood; relating to forest; wild; savage
2Proto-Taipaːᴮgrove; wood

via Thai ไข้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไข้sickness; illness; fever; pyrexia; a...
2Proto-Tai*k.rajꟲ—
Every word from Proto-Tai paːᴮ →Every word from Thai ป่า →