Where does “เก็บกิน” come from?

เก็บกิน (Thai) comes from Thai กิน, from Proto-Tai kɯɲᴬ — to eat.

เก็บกิน (Thai): to store benefits for enjoyment

Definitions

  1. to store benefits for enjoyment

Ancestry of “เก็บกิน”, step by step

เก็บกิน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กิน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกินto consume; to wrongfully accept, take, or...
2Proto-Taikɯɲᴬto eat

via Thai เก็บ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเก็บkept; stored; to accumulate; to heap up; to...
2Proto-Taikepᴰto pick

Words derived from “เก็บกิน”

Every word from Proto-Tai kɯɲᴬ →Every word from Thai กิน →