Where does “เจริญตาเจริญใจ” come from?
เจริญตาเจริญใจ (Thai) comes from Thai ใจ, from Proto-Tai cɤɰᴬ — heart; breath.
เจริญตาเจริญใจ (Thai): to be esthetically pleasing
Definitions
- to be esthetically pleasing
Ancestry of “เจริญตาเจริญใจ”, step by step
เจริญตาเจริญใจ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ใจ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ใจ | heart; mind; spirit; breath |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | cɤɰᴬ | heart; breath |
via Thai ตา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ตา | maternal grandfather; eye; time; turn; moment |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | taːᴬ | maternal grandfather |
via Thai เจริญ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | เจริญ | to cultivate; to develop; to enhance; to grow; to... |
| 2 | Old Khmer | cren | — |