Where does “คดโกง” come from?

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

คดโกง (Thai): to swindle; to defraud

Definitions

  1. to swindle; to defraud

Ancestry of “คดโกง”, step by step

คดโกง 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 คด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคดnot straight; to scoop out, dip out, ladle out,...
2Proto-Palaungic*kʋat—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer koŋ →Every word from Thai โกง →