Where does “ขับขาน” come from?

ขับขาน (Thai) comes from Thai ขาน, from Proto-Tai χaːnᴬ — to call; to call out.

ขับขาน (Thai): to sing elegantly

Definitions

  1. to sing elegantly

Ancestry of “ขับขาน”, step by step

ขับขาน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขานto call; to call out
2Proto-Taiχaːnᴬto call; to call out

via Thai ขับ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขับto drive, to operate; to drive; to drive away, to...
2Proto-Taik.rapᴰto drive away
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