Where does “ความดัง” come from?

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

ความดัง (Thai): loudness; popularity

Definitions

  1. loudness; popularity

Ancestry of “ความดัง”, step by step

ความดัง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

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

via Thai ดัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดังloud; noisy; famous; popular; like; as
2Proto-Taiɗaŋᴬnose
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬEvery word from Thai ความ