Where does “ทางแก้” come from?
ทางแก้ (Thai) comes from Thai ทาง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.
ทางแก้ (Thai): solution
Ancestry of “ทางแก้”, step by step
ทางแก้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ทาง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ทาง | way, route, or course for travel; opportunity;... |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | daːŋᴬ² | road; way |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 唐 | — |
via Thai แก้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | แก้ | to undo; to untie; to remedy; to repair; to solve |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *keːꟲ | to undo; to untie |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 解 | — |