Where does “ยึดอำนาจ” come from?

ยึดอำนาจ (Thai) comes from Thai อำนาจ, from Old Khmer ʼaṃnāc, from Old Khmer ʼāca.

ยึดอำนาจ (Thai): to seize power

Definitions

  1. to seize power

Ancestry of “ยึดอำนาจ”, step by step

ยึดอำนาจ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai อำนาจ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอำนาจauthority; force; influence; power
2Old Khmerʼaṃnāc—
3Old Khmerʼāca—

via Thai ยึด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยึดto seize: to hold; to take hold; to grasp; to clasp; to grip; to clutch; etc
Every word from Old Khmer ʼāca →Every word from Old Khmer ʼaṃnāc →Every word from Thai อำนาจ →