Where does “ไทใต้คง” come from?
ไทใต้คง (Thai) comes from Thai ใต้, from Thai ฝ่า, from Thai ละออง, from Thai ธุลี, from Sanskrit धूलि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰuHliṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰuHliš, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂lis — smoke; mist, haze.
ไทใต้คง (Thai): Dai people, Dehong Dai, or Northern Tai, an ethnic group of Burma and surrounding areas
Definitions
- Dai people, Dehong Dai, or Northern Tai, an ethnic group of Burma and surrounding areas
Ancestry of “ไทใต้คง”, step by step
ไทใต้คง traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ใต้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ใต้ | south; south; southern; southward; inferior;... |
| 2 | Thai | ฝ่า | palm of the hand; sole of the foot; to go... |
| 3 | Thai | ละออง | fine particles; dust; powder |
| 4 | Thai | ธุลี | dust |
| 5 | Sanskrit | धूलि | dust, powder, pollen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | dʰuHliṣ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰuHliš | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂lis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Thai ไท
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ไท | free; independent; Tai ethnic group, a widespread... |
| 2 | English | tie | A knot; a fastening; A knot of hair, as at the... |
| 3 | Middle English | teien | — |
| 4 | Old English | tīġan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | taugijaną | to stretch, draw |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via Thai คง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | คง | to endure; to last; to remain; to stay |