Where does “หมากฮอส” come from?

หมากฮอส (Thai) comes from Thai หมาก, from Proto-Tai ʰmaːkᴰ — fruit.

หมากฮอส (Thai): draughts, checkers (each player has only 8 pieces in Thai version)

Definitions

  1. draughts, checkers (each player has only 8 pieces in Thai version)

Ancestry of “หมากฮอส”, step by step

หมากฮอส traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หมาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหมากbetel nut; areca nut
2Proto-Taiʰmaːkᴰfruit

via Thai horse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaihorse—
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmaːkᴰ →Every word from Thai หมาก →