Where does “อ่อนข้อ” come from?

อ่อนข้อ (Thai) comes from Thai อ่อน, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʔɔːnᴮ¹, from Proto-Tai ʔwuːnᴮ — young; soft; young, soft.

อ่อนข้อ (Thai): to yield; to relent

Definitions

  1. to yield; to relent

Ancestry of “อ่อนข้อ”, step by step

อ่อนข้อ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai อ่อน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอ่อนyoung; soft
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ʔɔːnᴮ¹—
3Proto-Taiʔwuːnᴮyoung; soft; young, soft

via Thai ข้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้อjoint
2Proto-Taiχoːᶜjoint
Every word from Proto-Tai ʔwuːnᴮ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʔɔːnᴮ¹ →Every word from Thai อ่อน →