Where does “ชิดซ้าย” come from?

ชิดซ้าย (Thai) comes from Thai ซ้าย, from Old Chinese 左.

ชิดซ้าย (Thai): to keep to the left; to be as close as possible to the left side

Definitions

  1. to keep to the left; to be as close as possible to the left side

Ancestry of “ชิดซ้าย”, step by step

ชิดซ้าย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ซ้าย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiซ้ายleft side
2Old Chinese左—

via Thai ชิด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชิดto be close; to be near
Every word from Old Chinese 左 →Every word from Thai ซ้าย →