Where does “ตัวตลก” come from?

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

ตัวตลก (Thai): clown; joker

Definitions

  1. clown; joker

Ancestry of “ตัวตลก”, step by step

ตัวตลก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ตลก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตลกto joke; funny
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuluŋto help, to assist
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →