Where does “เอาคืน” come from?

เอาคืน (Thai) comes from Thai คืน, from Proto-Tai ɣɯːnᴬ — night.

เอาคืน (Thai): to get back (at); to take revenge; to retaliate; to affect as a repercussion

Definitions

  1. to get back (at); to take revenge; to retaliate; to affect as a repercussion

Ancestry of “เอาคืน”, step by step

เอาคืน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai คืน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคืนnight; to be or cause to be back: to return; to...
2Proto-Taiɣɯːnᴬnight

via Thai เอา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเอาto bring; to take; to capture; to seize; to cope;...
2Proto-Taiʔawᴬto take
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