Where does “ไขควง” come from?

ไขควง (Thai) comes from Thai ไข, from Middle Chinese 開.

ไขควง (Thai): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “ไขควง”, step by step

ไขควง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไข

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไขfat; grease; marrow; to unlock
2Middle Chinese開—

via Thai ควง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiควงto cause to move in a circular course or revolving motion: to rotate, to twirl, to revolve, to flip, to manipulate, etc
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