Where does “หาเงิน” come from?

หาเงิน (Thai) comes from Thai หา, from Proto-Tai kraᴬ — to seek.

หาเงิน (Thai): to earn money

Definitions

  1. to earn money

Ancestry of “หาเงิน”, step by step

หาเงิน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหาto call; to summon; to seek; to find; to search;...
2Proto-Taikraᴬto seek

via Thai เงิน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเงินsilver; money
Every word from Proto-Tai kraᴬ →Every word from Thai หา →