Where does “เก็บสี” come from?

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

เก็บสี (Thai): to prevent colour from fading

Definitions

  1. to prevent colour from fading

Ancestry of “เก็บสี”, step by step

เก็บสี 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 สี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสีto rub; to scrape; color, colour; colored
Every word from Proto-Tai kepᴰEvery word from Thai เก็บ