Where does “เกา” come from?
เกา (Thai) comes from Proto-Malayic *kau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.
เกา (Thai): to scratch; Korean
Ancestry of “เกา”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | *kau | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | i-kahu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | i-kaSu | — |