Where does “ไหม” come from?

ไหม (Thai) comes from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmajᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmajᴬ, from Old Chinese 徽.

ไหม (Thai): silkworm; thread; silk

Definitions

  1. silkworm; thread; silk

Ancestry of “ไหม”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmajᴬthread
2Proto-Taiʰmajᴬthread
3Old Chinese徽—

Words derived from “ไหม”

Every word from Old Chinese 徽 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmajᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmajᴬ →