Where does “ไม้จิ้มฟัน” come from?

ไม้จิ้มฟัน (Thai) comes from Thai ฟัน, from Proto-Southwestern Tai vaŋᴬ, from Proto-Tai walᴬ — to slash.

ไม้จิ้มฟัน (Thai): toothpick

Definitions

  1. toothpick

Ancestry of “ไม้จิ้มฟัน”, step by step

ไม้จิ้มฟัน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ฟัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฟันto cut; to slash; to have sex with; tooth
2Proto-Southwestern Taivaŋᴬto listen
3Proto-Taiwalᴬto slash

via Thai ไม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม้wood; stick; log; tree; plant; mark
2Proto-Tai*mwajꟲ—

via Thai จิ้ม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiจิ้มto dip into; to poke; to spear
Every word from Proto-Tai walᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai vaŋᴬ →Every word from Thai ฟัน →