Where does “ตกตะกอน” come from?

ตกตะกอน (Thai) comes from Thai ตก, from Proto-Tai tokᴰ — to drop.

ตกตะกอน (Thai): to precipitate to separate from a liquid as a precipitate

Definitions

  1. to precipitate to separate from a liquid as a precipitate

Ancestry of “ตกตะกอน”, step by step

ตกตะกอน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตกto fall; to drop
2Proto-Taitokᴰto drop

via Thai ตะกอน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตะกอนdreg; silt; sediment
Every word from Proto-Tai tokᴰ →Every word from Thai ตก →