Where does “ຂໍ້ຄວາມ” come from?

ຂໍ້ຄວາມ (Lao) comes from Thai ข้อความ, from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.

ຂໍ້ຄວາມ (Lao): text; message

Definitions

  1. text; message

Ancestry of “ຂໍ້ຄວາມ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้อความmessage; information; passage; text
2Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
3Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ →Every word from Thai ความ →Every word from Thai ข้อความ →