Where does “ความชนะ” come from?

ความชนะ (Thai) comes from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.

Ancestry of “ความชนะ”, step by step

ความชนะ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
2Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter

via Thai ชนะ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชนะto win; to conquer; to defeat; to overcome; to...
2Old Khmerជ្នះto overcome; to win; to conquer; etc
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ →Every word from Thai ความ →