Where does “เข้าหา” come from?

เข้าหา (Thai) comes from Thai เข้า, from Proto-Tai *χawꟲ — to enter.

เข้าหา (Thai): to approach (someone with a request or proposal, for instance)

Definitions

  1. to approach (someone with a request or proposal, for instance)

Ancestry of “เข้าหา”, step by step

เข้าหา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เข้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเข้าto move in or inwards: to come in, to go in, to...
2Proto-Tai*χawꟲto enter

via Thai หา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหาto call; to summon; to seek; to find; to search;...
2Proto-Taikraᴬto seek
Every word from Proto-Tai *χawꟲ →Every word from Thai เข้า →