Where does “กักตัว” come from?

กักตัว (Thai) comes from Thai ตัว, from Old Chinese 頭.

กักตัว (Thai): to detain

Definitions

  1. to detain

Ancestry of “กักตัว”, step by step

กักตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตัวself; figure; form; shape; body; embodiment;...
2Old Chinese頭—

via Thai กัก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกักto hold, to keep; to restrain, to repress; to...
2Proto-Palaungic*kaːk—

Words derived from “กักตัว”

Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →