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

ไก่อ่อน 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 อ่อน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอ่อนyoung; soft
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ʔɔːnᴮ¹—
3Proto-Taiʔwuːnᴮyoung; soft; young, soft
Every word from Middle Chinese 雞 →Every word from Proto-Tai kajᴮ →Every word from Thai ไก่ →