Where does “ความติ่ง” come from?
ความติ่ง (Thai) comes from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.
Ancestry of “ความติ่ง”, step by step
ความติ่ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ความ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ความ | affair; matter; content; essence; subject;... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɣwaːmᴬ | matter |
via Thai ติ่ง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ติ่ง | small flesh or bodily organ that hangs down from, grows out of, protrudes from, or is connected to a larger organ, as a vermiform appendix or the lobe of an ear |