Where does “ขากรรไกร” come from?

ขากรรไกร (Thai) comes from Thai ขา, from Proto-Southwestern Tai qaːᴬ, from Proto-Tai p.qaːᴬ — leg.

ขากรรไกร (Thai): jaw

Definitions

  1. jaw

Ancestry of “ขากรรไกร”, step by step

ขากรรไกร traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขาleg; something resembling or suggesting a leg or...
2Proto-Southwestern Taiqaːᴬleg
3Proto-Taip.qaːᴬleg

via Thai กรรไกร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกรรไกรscissors
Every word from Proto-Tai p.qaːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai qaːᴬ →Every word from Thai ขา →