Where does “ความมืด” come from?

ความมืด (Thai) comes from Thai มืด, from Proto-Tai mɯːtᴰ, from Old Chinese 昧.

ความมืด (Thai): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “ความมืด”, step by step

ความมืด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai มืด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมืดdark
2Proto-Taimɯːtᴰ—
3Old Chinese昧—

via Thai ความ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
2Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter
Every word from Old Chinese 昧 →Every word from Proto-Tai mɯːtᴰ →Every word from Thai มืด →