Where does “ไฟป่า” come from?

ไฟป่า (Thai) comes from Thai ไฟ, from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ — fire.

ไฟป่า (Thai): forest fire; wildfire

Definitions

  1. forest fire; wildfire

Ancestry of “ไฟป่า”, step by step

ไฟป่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไฟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไฟfire; flame; light; light source; electricity
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire

via Thai ป่า

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