Where does “ไหมพรม” come from?

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

ไหมพรม (Thai): woolen yarn, knitting wool

Definitions

  1. woolen yarn, knitting wool

Ancestry of “ไหมพรม”, step by step

ไหมพรม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไหม

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

via Thai พรม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพรมto sprinkle
Every word from Old Chinese 徽 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmajᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmajᴬ →