Where does “ตรงนี้” come from?

ตรงนี้ (Thai) comes from Thai นี้, from Proto-Tai najᶜ — this.

ตรงนี้ (Thai): here; this place; right here

Definitions

  1. here; this place; right here

Ancestry of “ตรงนี้”, step by step

ตรงนี้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนี้this; these
2Proto-Tainajᶜthis

via Thai ตรง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตรงstraight; not bent; honest; at
2Old Khmerត្រងto be straight, direct, or upright
Every word from Proto-Tai najᶜ →Every word from Thai นี้ →