Where does “ตกใจ” come from?

ตกใจ (Thai) comes from Thai ใจ, from Proto-Tai cɤɰᴬ — heart; breath.

ตกใจ (Thai): to startle: to start involuntarily, as from surprise or alarm

Definitions

  1. to startle: to start involuntarily, as from surprise or alarm

Ancestry of “ตกใจ”, step by step

ตกใจ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ใจ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiใจheart; mind; spirit; breath
2Proto-Taicɤɰᴬheart; breath

via Thai ตก

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

Words derived from “ตกใจ”

Every word from Proto-Tai cɤɰᴬ →Every word from Thai ใจ →