Where does “ขับถ่าย” come from?

ขับถ่าย (Thai) comes from Thai ขับ, from Proto-Tai k.rapᴰ — to drive away.

ขับถ่าย (Thai): to excrete (as through urination or defecation)

Definitions

  1. to excrete (as through urination or defecation)

Ancestry of “ขับถ่าย”, step by step

ขับถ่าย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขับ

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

via Thai ถ่าย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiถ่ายto transfer; to change one for another
Every word from Proto-Tai k.rapᴰ →Every word from Thai ขับ →