Where does “เบี้ยประกัน” come from?

เบี้ยประกัน (Thai) comes from Thai ประกัน, from Khmer ប្រកាន់, from Khmer កាន់, from Middle Chinese 干.

เบี้ยประกัน (Thai): premium

Definitions

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Ancestry of “เบี้ยประกัน”, step by step

เบี้ยประกัน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ประกัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiประกันguarantee: someone or something that assures a...
2Khmerប្រកាន់to claim; to maintain; to adopt, to uphold; to...
3Khmerកាន់to hold, carry in the hand, grasp
4Middle Chinese

via Thai เบี้ย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเบี้ยcowrie shell; small amount of money; pawn
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Khmer កាន់Every word from Khmer ប្រកាន់