Where does “ค้ำประกัน” come from?

ค้ำประกัน (Thai) comes from Thai ประกัน, from Khmer ប្រកាន់, from Khmer កាន់, from Middle Chinese 干.

ค้ำประกัน (Thai): suretyship; to serve as a surety; to subject to a...

Definitions

  1. suretyship; to serve as a surety; to subject to a...

Ancestry of “ค้ำประกัน”, step by step

ค้ำประกัน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ประกัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiประกันguarantee: someone or something that assures a...
2Khmerប្រកាន់to claim; to maintain; to adopt, to uphold; to...
3Khmerកាន់to hold, carry in the hand, grasp
4Middle Chinese

via Thai ค้ำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiค้ำto maintain; to support
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Khmer កាន់Every word from Khmer ប្រកាន់