Where does “คะแนนเสียง” come from?

คะแนนเสียง (Thai) comes from Thai เสียง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *siəŋᴬ¹, from Middle Chinese 聲 — sound, voice.

คะแนนเสียง (Thai): vote, ballot

Definitions

  1. vote, ballot

Ancestry of “คะแนนเสียง”, step by step

คะแนนเสียง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เสียง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสียงsound, including voice, a sensation perceived by...
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*siəŋᴬ¹—
3Middle Chinese聲sound, voice

via Thai คะแนน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคะแนนpoint; mark; score; grade
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *siəŋᴬ¹ →Every word from Thai เสียง →