Where does “เก็บงำ” come from?

เก็บงำ (Thai) comes from Thai เก็บ, from Proto-Tai kepᴰ — to pick.

เก็บงำ (Thai): to hide, to conceal

Definitions

  1. to hide, to conceal

Ancestry of “เก็บงำ”, step by step

เก็บงำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เก็บ

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

via Thai งำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiงำto conceal, to hide, to protect, to preserve
Every word from Proto-Tai kepᴰEvery word from Thai เก็บ