Where does “ฟาดแข้ง” come from?

ฟาดแข้ง (Thai) comes from Thai แข้ง, from Proto-Tai ɣeːŋᴮ, from Middle Chinese 脛.

ฟาดแข้ง (Thai): to play football

Definitions

  1. to play football

Ancestry of “ฟาดแข้ง”, step by step

ฟาดแข้ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แข้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแข้งshin
2Proto-Taiɣeːŋᴮshin; lower leg
3Middle Chinese脛—

via Thai ฟาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฟาดto whip, to lash, to slash; to swing, to sway
Every word from Middle Chinese 脛 →Every word from Proto-Tai ɣeːŋᴮ →Every word from Thai แข้ง →