Where does “guam” come from?

guam (Malay) comes from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.

guam (Malay): thrush; a disease of the sprue type attacking children

Definitions

  1. thrush; a disease of the sprue type attacking children

Ancestry of “guam”, step by step

guam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
2Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guham

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*guham—
2Proto-Austronesian*guSam—

Words derived from “guam”

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