Where does “ขุดทอง” come from?

ขุดทอง (Thai) comes from Thai ทอง, from Old Chinese 銅.

ขุดทอง (Thai): to dig for gold; to go abroad for new...

Definitions

  1. to dig for gold; to go abroad for new...

Ancestry of “ขุดทอง”, step by step

ขุดทอง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทอง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทองgold; feces; any metallic material, such as...
2Old Chinese銅—

via Thai ขุด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขุดto dig; to excavate
2Middle Chinese掘—
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