ขิง • (kǐng) (classifier หัว or แง่ง)
From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Shan ၶိင် (kʰiŋ1), Zhuang hing (“ginger”). Compare Proto-Vietic *s-gəːŋ ~ s-kəːŋ (“ginger”) (Vietnamese gừng) and Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”) (Chinese 薑 (OC *kaŋ, “ginger”), Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:)).