Where does “เงินฝาก” come from?

เงินฝาก (Thai) comes from Thai ฝาก, from Proto-Tai ʰwaːkᴰ — to entrust.

เงินฝาก (Thai): deposit (money left as security for a borrowed item)

Definitions

  1. deposit (money left as security for a borrowed item)

Ancestry of “เงินฝาก”, step by step

เงินฝาก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ฝาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฝากto deposit (e.g., money); leave; entrust (something); consign
2Proto-Taiʰwaːkᴰto entrust

via Thai เงิน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเงินsilver; money
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰwaːkᴰ →Every word from Thai ฝาก →
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