Where does “ค่าสินไหมทดแทน” come from?

ค่าสินไหมทดแทน (Thai) comes from Thai ทดแทน, from Thai แทน, from English tan, from French tan, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος — to stretch, to extend.

ค่าสินไหมทดแทน (Thai): compensation: something given or received in order to make up for loss, damage, or injury

Definitions

  1. compensation: something given or received in order to make up for loss, damage, or injury

Ancestry of “ค่าสินไหมทดแทน”, step by step

ค่าสินไหมทดแทน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทดแทน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทดแทนto repay; to pay back
2Thaiแทนinstead of; in place of; rather than; to...
3EnglishtanA yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin...
4Frenchtanpulped oak bark used in the tanning process
5FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
6Old Frenchtonyour
7LatintonusThe stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;...
8Ancient Greekτόνοςrope, cord; chord; tone, note
9Proto-Hellenictónosrope, cord; tension
10Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
11Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Thai สินไหม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสินไหมfine, amercement; mulct; forfeit
2Thaiไหมsilkworm; thread; silk
3Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmajᴬthread
4Proto-Taiʰmajᴬthread
5Old Chinese徽—

via Thai ค่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiค่าprice, cost, fee; Alternative form of ค่ะ
2Middle Chinese價—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tónos →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tónos →