Where does “ตัวขาว” come from?

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

ตัวขาว (Thai): half note

Definitions

  1. half note

Ancestry of “ตัวขาว”, step by step

ตัวขาว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ขาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขาวwhite
2Proto-Taixaːwᴬwhite
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →