Where does “พวกเขา” come from?

พวกเขา (Thai) comes from Thai เขา, from Proto-Tai qawᴬ — horn.

พวกเขา (Thai): they, them

Definitions

  1. they, them

Ancestry of “พวกเขา”, step by step

พวกเขา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เขา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเขาhe; she; they; I; oneself; one who is not on...
2Proto-Taiqawᴬhorn

via Thai พวก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพวกgroup; party
2Old Khmervvak—
Every word from Proto-Tai qawᴬ →Every word from Thai เขา →
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