Where does “ไหล่ทวีป” come from?

ไหล่ทวีป (Thai) comes from Thai ทวีป, from Sanskrit द्वीप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dwiHpás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

ไหล่ทวีป (Thai): continental shelf

Definitions

  1. continental shelf

Ancestry of “ไหล่ทวีป”, step by step

ไหล่ทวีป traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทวีป

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทวีปcontinent
2Sanskritद्वीपisland, peninsula, sandbank; division of the...
3Proto-Indo-IraniandwiHpásisland
4Proto-Indo-IranianHā́pswater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water

via Thai ไหล่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไหล่shoulder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́psEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dwiHpás
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