Where does “ไก่ตัวเมีย” come from?

ไก่ตัวเมีย (Thai) comes from Thai ไก่, from Proto-Tai kajᴮ, from Middle Chinese 雞.

ไก่ตัวเมีย (Thai): hen (female chicken)

Definitions

  1. hen (female chicken)

Ancestry of “ไก่ตัวเมีย”, step by step

ไก่ตัวเมีย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไก่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไก่fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;...
2Proto-Taikajᴮchicken
3Middle Chinese雞—

via Thai ตัวเมีย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตัวเมียfemale
Every word from Middle Chinese 雞 →Every word from Proto-Tai kajᴮ →Every word from Thai ไก่ →