Where does “ไอน้ำ” come from?

ไอน้ำ (Thai) comes from Thai ไอ, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe — resin, gum; to say, speak.

ไอน้ำ (Thai): steam; vapour

Definitions

  1. steam; vapour

Ancestry of “ไอน้ำ”, step by step

ไอน้ำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไอ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไอvapor; to cough; the letter I/i
2EnglishIThe speaker or writer, referred to as the...
3Old Frenchithere
4Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
5Latinheic
6Latinhicthis; these in the plural
7Proto-Italichek(e)
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt
11Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
12Old High Germankuti
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Thai น้ำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้ำwater; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as...
2Proto-Tai*C̬.namꟲwater

Words derived from “ไอน้ำ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu
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