Where does “ประกัน” come from?

ประกัน (Thai) comes from Khmer ប្រកាន់, from Khmer កាន់, from Middle Chinese 干.

ประกัน (Thai): guarantee: someone or something that assures a...

Definitions

  1. guarantee: someone or something that assures a...

Ancestry of “ประกัน”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រកាន់to claim; to maintain; to adopt, to uphold; to...
2Khmerកាន់to hold, carry in the hand, grasp
3Middle Chinese干—

Words derived from “ประกัน”

Every word from Middle Chinese 干 →Every word from Khmer កាន់ →Every word from Khmer ប្រកាន់ →
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