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Where does “ไก่อ่อน” come from?

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

ไก่อ่อน (Thai): chicken; greenhorn; naif; colt

Definitions

  1. chicken; greenhorn; naif; colt

Ancestry of “ไก่อ่อน”, step by step

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