Where does “ชี้แจง” come from?

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

ชี้แจง (Thai): to explain; to clarify

Definitions

  1. to explain; to clarify

Ancestry of “ชี้แจง”, step by step

ชี้แจง 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 แจง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแจงto divide or separate into parts: to distribute, to analyse, to apportion, etc

Words derived from “ชี้แจง”

Every word from Proto-Tai ɟiːᶜ →Every word from Thai ชี้ →