Where does “ขายตัว” come from?

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

ขายตัว (Thai): to sell oneself as a slave; to prostitute oneself

Definitions

  1. to sell oneself as a slave; to prostitute oneself

Ancestry of “ขายตัว”, step by step

ขายตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ขาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขายto sell
2Proto-Tai*p.qaːjᴬto sell
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →
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