Where does “ขี้โกง” come from?

ขี้โกง (Thai) comes from Thai โกง, from Proto-Mon-Khmer koŋ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

ขี้โกง (Thai): cheating; deceitful; fraudulent

Definitions

  1. cheating; deceitful; fraudulent

Ancestry of “ขี้โกง”, step by step

ขี้โกง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โกง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโกงto cheat; to deceit; to swindle
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkoŋto bend; to be bent; be bent
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Thai ขี้

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

Words derived from “ขี้โกง”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer koŋ →Every word from Thai โกง →