Where does “บีบคอ” come from?

บีบคอ (Thai) comes from Thai คอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɣɔːᴬ², from Proto-Tai ɣoːᴬ, from Middle Chinese 喉.

บีบคอ (Thai): to choke, to strangle (at the throat)

Definitions

  1. to choke, to strangle (at the throat)

Ancestry of “บีบคอ”, step by step

บีบคอ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai คอ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคอneck; throat
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ɣɔːᴬ²—
3Proto-Taiɣoːᴬneck
4Middle Chinese喉—

via Thai บีบ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบีบto squeeze
Every word from Middle Chinese 喉 →Every word from Proto-Tai ɣoːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɣɔːᴬ² →