Where does “ไม่กี่” come from?
ไม่กี่ (Thai) comes from Thai ไม่, from Thai ได้, from Thai พลอย — gem; precious stone.
ไม่กี่ (Thai): not many, few
Ancestry of “ไม่กี่”, step by step
ไม่กี่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ไม่
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ไม่ | no; not; neither; nor; no |
| 2 | Thai | ได้ | to get; to obtain; to receive; used before a verb... |
| 3 | Thai | พลอย | gem; precious stone |
via Thai กี่
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | กี่ | how many, how much; several, not too many; loom |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *kiːꟲ | how many; several |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 幾 | — |