Where does “เก็บกวาด” come from?

เก็บกวาด (Thai) comes from Thai กวาด, from Proto-Tai kwaːtᴰ, from Old Chinese 刮.

เก็บกวาด (Thai): to clean up; to clear off

Definitions

  1. to clean up; to clear off

Ancestry of “เก็บกวาด”, step by step

เก็บกวาด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กวาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกวาดto sweep
2Proto-Taikwaːtᴰto sweep
3Old Chinese刮—

via Thai เก็บ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเก็บkept; stored; to accumulate; to heap up; to...
2Proto-Taikepᴰto pick
Every word from Old Chinese 刮 →Every word from Proto-Tai kwaːtᴰ →Every word from Thai กวาด →