Where does “ตัวประกัน” come from?
ตัวประกัน (Thai) comes from Thai ประกัน, from Khmer ប្រកាន់, from Khmer កាន់, from Middle Chinese 干.
ตัวประกัน (Thai): hostage
Ancestry of “ตัวประกัน”, step by step
ตัวประกัน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ประกัน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ประกัน | guarantee: someone or something that assures a... |
| 2 | Khmer | ប្រកាន់ | to claim; to maintain; to adopt, to uphold; to... |
| 3 | Khmer | កាន់ | to hold, carry in the hand, grasp |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 干 | — |
via Thai ตัว
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ตัว | self; figure; form; shape; body; embodiment;... |
| 2 | Old Chinese | 頭 | — |