Where does “คำคม” come from?
คำคม (Thai) comes from Thai คม, from Thai กว่า, from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
คำคม (Thai): witticism, epigram, catchword
Definitions
- witticism, epigram, catchword
Ancestry of “คำคม”, step by step
คำคม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai คม
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | คม | to perform a "wai"; to greet with respect; to pay... |
| 2 | Thai | กว่า | away; off |
| 3 | Thai | ปาก | mouth; brim |
| 4 | Thai | กา | crow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol |
| 5 | Thai | กากบาท | cross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark |
| 6 | Thai | บาท | priest; foot; an honorific for or term of address... |
| 7 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |