Where does “ความเงียบ” come from?
ความเงียบ (Thai) comes from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.
ความเงียบ (Thai): silence
Definitions
- silence
Ancestry of “ความเงียบ”, step by step
ความเงียบ 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 เงียบ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | เงียบ | lacking sound, voice, or noise: mute, silent, quiet, voiceless, noiseless, speechless, etc |