Where does “แม่กอง” come from?

แม่กอง (Thai) comes from Thai แม่, from Proto-Tai meːᴮ — mother.

แม่กอง (Thai): chairperson, president, or leader (of a body of persons, such as a committee, team, etc, or of a project or activity)

Definitions

  1. chairperson, president, or leader (of a body of persons, such as a committee, team, etc, or of a project or activity)

Ancestry of “แม่กอง”, step by step

แม่กอง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แม่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแม่mother; female head, chief, or leader; woman in...
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother

via Thai กอง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกองheap; pile; stack; mound; to pile up; to pile; to...
2Proto-Taikoːŋᴬto heap up
Every word from Proto-Tai meːᴮ →Every word from Thai แม่ →