Where does “ความหวัง” come from?
ความหวัง (Thai) comes from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.
ความหวัง (Thai): hope; expectation; desire
Definitions
- hope; expectation; desire
Ancestry of “ความหวัง”, step by step
ความหวัง 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 หวง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | หวง | to guard; to keep for oneself; to be possessive |