Where does “ครับ” come from?

ครับ (Thai) comes from Thai ขอรับ, from Thai ขอ, from Proto-Tai xɔːᴬ — hook.

ครับ (Thai): employed by males to express affirmation or...

Definitions

  1. employed by males to express affirmation or...

Ancestry of “ครับ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiขอรับParticle used by male speakers at the end of...
2Thaiขอhook curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something
3Proto-Taixɔːᴬhook

Words derived from “ครับ”

Every word from Proto-Tai xɔːᴬ →Every word from Thai ขอ →Every word from Thai ขอรับ →