Where does “ความโกหก” come from?
ความโกหก (Thai) comes from Thai โกหก, from Pali kuhaka, from Sanskrit कुहक — cheat; imposter; trickery; deceit; deception.
Ancestry of “ความโกหก”, step by step
ความโกหก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai โกหก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | โกหก | cheating; deceitful; fake; false; fraudulent; to... |
| 2 | Pali | kuhaka | cheating, deceitful, fraudulent; deceiver; fraud;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कुहक | cheat; imposter; trickery; deceit; deception |
via Thai ความ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ความ | affair; matter; content; essence; subject;... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɣwaːmᴬ | matter |