Where does “ความใคร่” come from?

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

ความใคร่ (Thai): lust; desire

Definitions

  1. lust; desire

Ancestry of “ความใคร่”, step by step

ความใคร่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ความ

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

via Thai ใคร่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiใคร่to crave; to desire; to want; to wish

Words derived from “ความใคร่

Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬEvery word from Thai ความ