Where does “กฎข้อบังคับ” come from?
กฎข้อบังคับ (Thai) comes from Thai กฎ, from Hindi कुटी, from Tamil குடி, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.
กฎข้อบังคับ (Thai): rule; regulation
Ancestry of “กฎข้อบังคับ”, step by step
กฎข้อบังคับ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai กฎ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | กฎ | to engrave, to inscribe; to mark down, to note... |
| 2 | Hindi | कुटी | — |
| 3 | Tamil | குடி | to drink |
| 4 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | date palm |
via Thai ข้อบังคับ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ข้อบังคับ | rule; regulation |
| 2 | Thai | บังคับ | command; control; domination; jurisdiction;... |
| 3 | Khmer | បង្គាប់ | order; command; to order; to command, to instruct |
| 4 | Khmer | គាប | to press, compress, pinch, hold by means of... |
| 5 | Min Nan | 掐 | pinch |