Where does “ตัวดำ” come from?

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

ตัวดำ (Thai): quarter note

Definitions

  1. quarter note

Ancestry of “ตัวดำ”, step by step

ตัวดำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ดำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดำto dive; to plant; to transplant; black
2Proto-Taiɗamᴬto dive
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →