Where does “กลับคืน” come from?

กลับคืน (Thai) comes from Thai คืน, from Proto-Tai ɣɯːnᴬ — night.

กลับคืน (Thai): to return or cause to return (to a former, original, or normal place or condition)

Definitions

  1. to return or cause to return (to a former, original, or normal place or condition)

Ancestry of “กลับคืน”, step by step

กลับคืน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai คืน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคืนnight; to be or cause to be back: to return; to...
2Proto-Taiɣɯːnᴬnight

via Thai กลับ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกลับto return; to come back; to flip; to turn over
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣɯːnᴬEvery word from Thai คืน