Where does “เจ็บไข้” come from?

เจ็บไข้ (Thai) comes from Thai ไข้, from Proto-Tai *k.rajꟲ.

เจ็บไข้ (Thai): to get sick; to be sick

Definitions

  1. to get sick; to be sick

Ancestry of “เจ็บไข้”, step by step

เจ็บไข้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไข้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไข้sickness; illness; fever; pyrexia; a...
2Proto-Tai*k.rajꟲ—

via Thai เจ็บ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเจ็บto be sick; to be hurt; be in pain
2Proto-Taicepᴰhurt
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