Where does “ชี้นำ” come from?

ชี้นำ (Thai) comes from Thai ชี้, from Proto-Tai ɟiːᶜ — to point.

ชี้นำ (Thai): to lead; to guide; to teach; to instruct; to show or tell (what to do)

Definitions

  1. to lead; to guide; to teach; to instruct; to show or tell (what to do)

Ancestry of “ชี้นำ”, step by step

ชี้นำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชี้to point: to direct something at, to, or upon something
2Proto-Taiɟiːᶜto point

via Thai นำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนำto lead; to bring
Every word from Proto-Tai ɟiːᶜ →Every word from Thai ชี้ →