Where does “ไหมขัดฟัน” come from?

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

ไหมขัดฟัน (Thai): dental floss

Definitions

  1. dental floss

Ancestry of “ไหมขัดฟัน”, step by step

ไหมขัดฟัน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไหม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไหมsilkworm; thread; silk
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmajᴬthread
3Proto-Taiʰmajᴬthread
4Old Chinese徽—

via Thai ฟัน

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

via Thai ขัด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขัดto obstruct; to hinder; to oppose; to object; to...
Every word from Old Chinese 徽 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmajᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmajᴬ →