Where does “พนักงานขาย” come from?

พนักงานขาย (Thai) comes from Thai ขาย, from Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ — to sell.

พนักงานขาย (Thai): member of an organisation or establishment whose duty is to sell something, such as sales agent, sales executive, sales assistant, shopworker, etc

Definitions

  1. member of an organisation or establishment whose duty is to sell something, such as sales agent, sales executive, sales assistant, shopworker, etc

Ancestry of “พนักงานขาย”, step by step

พนักงานขาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขายto sell
2Proto-Tai*p.qaːjᴬto sell

via Thai พนักงาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพนักงานduty; function; one responsible for a duty or...
2Old Khmerbnāk—
Every word from Proto-Tai *p.qaːjᴬ →Every word from Thai ขาย →