源自原始西南台語 *mlɛːŋᴬ (“昆蟲”) ← 原始台語 *m.leːŋᴬ (“昆蟲”) ← 中古漢語 螟蛉 (中古 meng leng)。[1]與泰語 แมง (mɛɛng), 傣納語 ᥛᥦᥒᥰ (mäeng), 壯語 nengz同源。
แมลง (má-lɛɛng)
- 昆蟲
- ↑ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014), “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”,MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities,第 20 (special issue) 卷,Bangkok:Chulalongkorn University,ISSN 0859-9920,第 47–68 頁.