Where does “กักขัง” come from?

กักขัง (Thai) comes from Thai ขัง, from Proto-Tai k.raŋᴬ — to prevent from leaving (a place): to keep, to shut, to confine, to hold, etc.

กักขัง (Thai): confinement; detention; restraint; to confine; to...

Definitions

  1. confinement; detention; restraint; to confine; to...

Ancestry of “กักขัง”, step by step

กักขัง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขังto imprison; to confine; to be stagnant; to hold...
2Proto-Taik.raŋᴬto prevent from leaving (a place): to keep, to shut, to confine, to hold, etc

via Thai กัก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกักto hold, to keep; to restrain, to repress; to...
2Proto-Palaungic*kaːk—
Every word from Proto-Tai k.raŋᴬ →Every word from Thai ขัง →