Where does “ขมขื่น” come from?

ขมขื่น (Thai) comes from Thai ขม, from Proto-Tai C̬.qɤmᴬ — bitter.

ขมขื่น (Thai): to be bitter: to be hard or painful to bear,...

Definitions

  1. to be bitter: to be hard or painful to bear,...

Ancestry of “ขมขื่น”, step by step

ขมขื่น traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขมbitter
2Proto-TaiC̬.qɤmᴬbitter

via Thai ขื่น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขื่นbitter
Every word from Proto-Tai C̬.qɤmᴬEvery word from Thai ขม