Where does “ความสวย” come from?
ความสวย (Thai) comes from Thai สวย, from Thai ซวย, from Hokkien 衰 — to have poor luck.
ความสวย (Thai): beauty
Ancestry of “ความสวย”, step by step
ความสวย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สวย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สวย | beautiful; perfectly steamed; well steamed; to... |
| 2 | Thai | ซวย | luckless; unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious;... |
| 3 | Hokkien | 衰 | to have poor luck |
via Thai ความ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ความ | affair; matter; content; essence; subject;... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɣwaːmᴬ | matter |