Where does “ไม้อัด” come from?

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

ไม้อัด (Thai): plywood

Definitions

  1. plywood

Ancestry of “ไม้อัด”, step by step

ไม้อัด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไม้

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

via Thai อัด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอัดto press; to compress; to record; to pack
Every word from Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ →Every word from Thai ไม้ →