Where does “เอาชนะ” come from?

เอาชนะ (Thai) comes from Thai ชนะ, from Old Khmer ជ្នះ — to overcome; to win; to conquer; etc.

เอาชนะ (Thai): to defeat, to win, to conquer

Definitions

  1. to defeat, to win, to conquer

Ancestry of “เอาชนะ”, step by step

เอาชนะ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชนะ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชนะto win; to conquer; to defeat; to overcome; to...
2Old Khmerជ្នះto overcome; to win; to conquer; etc

via Thai เอา

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