Where does “โง่เง่า” come from?

โง่เง่า (Thai) comes from Thai โง่, from Old Chinese 愚.

โง่เง่า (Thai): utterly stupid

Definitions

  1. utterly stupid

Ancestry of “โง่เง่า”, step by step

โง่เง่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โง่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโง่ignorant; stupid; unintelligent
2Old Chinese愚—

via Thai เง่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเง่าObsolete form of เหง้า; stupid; foolish
Every word from Old Chinese 愚 →Every word from Thai โง่ →