Where does “หน่วยคำ” come from?

หน่วยคำ (Thai) comes from Thai คำ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡamᴬ⁴, from Proto-Tai ɡamᴬ — bite ; speech.

หน่วยคำ (Thai): morpheme

Definitions

  1. morpheme

Ancestry of “หน่วยคำ”, step by step

หน่วยคำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai คำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคำword; speech; gold
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ɡamᴬ⁴
3Proto-Taiɡamᴬbite ; speech

via Thai หน่วย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหน่วยunit; division; group; department
Every word from Proto-Tai ɡamᴬEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡamᴬ⁴Every word from Thai คำ