English
wa
Wa comes from Thai วา ‘wa: a traditional unit of length comparable in…’, and goes back to tai-swe-pro *waːᴬ⁴.
- tai-swe-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*waːᴬ⁴‘arm-spread, a measure of length’reconstructed
- Thaimodernวาwaa‘wa: a traditional unit of length comparable in length to a fathom’
- Englishtodaywa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- tai-swe-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*waːᴬ⁴‘arm-spread, a measure of length’reconstructed
- Thaimodernวาwaa‘wa: a traditional unit of length comparable in length to a fathom’
- Englishtodaywa
Every English word from tai-swe-pro *waːᴬ⁴
Another origin of wa
- Japanesemodern和wa
- Englishtodaywa
Today it means
noun A Thai unit of length, traditionally comparable to a fathom, and now officially equal to two metres.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tai-swe-pro *waːᴬ⁴ / wa