Where does “ไม้บาง” come from?

ไม้บาง (Thai) comes from Thai ไม้, from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ.

ไม้บาง (Thai): veneer

Definitions

  1. veneer

Ancestry of “ไม้บาง”, step by step

ไม้บาง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไม้

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

via Thai บาง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบางnarrow or small watercourse; community or polity...
2Proto-TaiC̥.baːŋᴬthin
Every word from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ →Every word from Thai ไม้ →