Where does “ข้อนิ้ว” come from?

ข้อนิ้ว (Thai) comes from Thai นิ้ว, from Proto-Tai *niːwꟲ.

ข้อนิ้ว (Thai): knuckle

Definitions

  1. knuckle

Ancestry of “ข้อนิ้ว”, step by step

ข้อนิ้ว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นิ้ว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนิ้วfinger; toe; inch
2Proto-Tai*niːwꟲ—

via Thai ข้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้อjoint
2Proto-Taiχoːᶜjoint
Every word from Proto-Tai *niːwꟲ →Every word from Thai นิ้ว →