Where does “ตัวถ่วง” come from?

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

ตัวถ่วง (Thai): anyone or anything that retards progress or development: drag, albatross, check, clog, etc

Definitions

  1. anyone or anything that retards progress or development: drag, albatross, check, clog, etc

Ancestry of “ตัวถ่วง”, step by step

ตัวถ่วง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ถ่วง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiถ่วงto weight down
Every word from Old Chinese Every word from Thai ตัว