Where does “ขุนดาบ” come from?

ขุนดาบ (Thai) comes from Thai ขุน, from Middle Chinese 君.

ขุนดาบ (Thai): either of ขุนราชศักดิ์ or ขุนละคอนไชย, the two leading police officers in the Left Division of High Guards (กรมพระตำรวจใหญ่ซ้าย)

Definitions

  1. either of ขุนราชศักดิ์ or ขุนละคอนไชย, the two leading police officers in the Left Division of High Guards (กรมพระตำรวจใหญ่ซ้าย)

Ancestry of “ขุนดาบ”, step by step

ขุนดาบ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขุน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขุนchief, lord, master, leader; ruler,...
2Middle Chinese

via Thai ดาบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดาบsword; cutlassfish: any of the sea fish of the...
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Thai ขุน