Where does “ความจำนง” come from?
ความจำนง (Thai) comes from Thai จำนง, from Khmer ចំណង, from Khmer ចង, from Proto-Turkic juŋ, from Chinese 羊, from Translingual ¥, from English Y, from English yuri — an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
Ancestry of “ความจำนง”, step by step
ความจำนง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai จำนง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | จำนง | to wish, desire |
| 2 | Khmer | ចំណង | knot; bond, link, tie; ligature |
| 3 | Khmer | ចង | to tie |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | juŋ | — |
| 5 | Chinese | 羊 | sheep, goat, antelope |
| 6 | Translingual | ¥ | yen |
| 7 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 8 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 9 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 10 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 11 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 12 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 13 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 14 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |