Where does “ความหวัง” come from?

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

ความหวัง (Thai): hope; expectation; desire

Definitions

  1. hope; expectation; desire

Ancestry of “ความหวัง”, step by step

ความหวัง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

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

via Thai หวง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหวงto guard; to keep for oneself; to be possessive
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬEvery word from Thai ความ