Where does “ก่อกวน” come from?

ก่อกวน (Thai) comes from Thai กวน, from Proto-Palaungic *kɔːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun — child.

ก่อกวน (Thai): to agitate; to stir up

Definitions

  1. to agitate; to stir up

Ancestry of “ก่อกวน”, step by step

ก่อกวน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กวน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกวนto annoy; to bother; to irritate; to stir; to...
2Proto-Palaungic*kɔːn—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkuunchild

via Thai ก่อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiก่อto build; to set; many trees of the family...
2Proto-Taikoːᴮto build
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun →Every word from Proto-Palaungic *kɔːn →Every word from Thai กวน →