Where does “ลูกขุน” come from?

ลูกขุน (Thai) comes from Thai ลูก, from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰ — child.

ลูกขุน (Thai): public officer

Definitions

  1. public officer

Ancestry of “ลูกขุน”, step by step

ลูกขุน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลูก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลูกball; round object; fruit; subordinate; person of...
2Proto-Tailɯ:kᴰchild

via Thai ขุน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขุนchief, lord, master, leader; ruler,...
2Middle Chinese君—
Every word from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰ →Every word from Thai ลูก →