Where does “ความเหี้ยมโหด” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ความเหี้ยมโหด”, step by step

ความเหี้ยมโหด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

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

via Thai เหี้ยมโหด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเหี้ยมโหด—
2Thaiโหดcruel; brutal
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ →Every word from Thai ความ →