Where does “peguam” come from?

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

peguam (Malay): A lawyer

Definitions

  1. A lawyer

Ancestry of “peguam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayguamthrush; a disease of the sprue type attacking children
2Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
3Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter

Words derived from “peguam”

Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ →