Where does “ค้าขาย” come from?

ค้าขาย (Thai) comes from Thai ขาย, from Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ — to sell.

ค้าขาย (Thai): to trade, to make a living by buying and selling

Definitions

  1. to trade, to make a living by buying and selling

Ancestry of “ค้าขาย”, step by step

ค้าขาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขายto sell
2Proto-Tai*p.qaːjᴬto sell

via Thai ค้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiค้าto trade; to sell

Words derived from “ค้าขาย

Every word from Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬEvery word from Thai ขาย