Where does “สำนึก” come from?

สำนึก (Thai) comes from Thai สึก, from Old Khmer *សិក៑.

สำนึก (Thai): conscience; to realize, become aware of something

Definitions

  1. conscience; to realize, become aware of something

Ancestry of “สำนึก”, step by step

สำนึก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai สึก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสึกawareness; consciousness; to attrit; to suffer...
2Old Khmer*សិក៑—

via Khmer សំណឹក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសំណឹកa worn-out area, worn mark or spot

Words derived from “สำนึก”

Every word from Old Khmer *សិក៑ →Every word from Thai สึก →