Where does “ไม้กวาด” come from?

ไม้กวาด (Thai) comes from Thai กวาด, from Proto-Tai kwaːtᴰ, from Old Chinese 刮.

ไม้กวาด (Thai): broom

Definitions

  1. broom

Ancestry of “ไม้กวาด”, step by step

ไม้กวาด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กวาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกวาดto sweep
2Proto-Taikwaːtᴰto sweep
3Old Chinese刮—

via Thai ไม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม้wood; stick; log; tree; plant; mark
2Proto-Tai*mwajꟲ—
Every word from Old Chinese 刮 →Every word from Proto-Tai kwaːtᴰ →Every word from Thai กวาด →