Where does “ขี้ตา” come from?

ขี้ตา (Thai) comes from Thai ขี้, from Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ — excrement.

ขี้ตา (Thai): sleep; gound

Definitions

  1. sleep; gound

Ancestry of “ขี้ตา”, step by step

ขี้ตา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขี้to defecate; to have a bowel movement; faeces;...
2Proto-Tai*C̬.qɯjꟲexcrement

via Thai ตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตาmaternal grandfather; eye; time; turn; moment
2Proto-Taitaːᴬmaternal grandfather

Words derived from “ขี้ตา”

Every word from Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ →Every word from Thai ขี้ →
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