Where does “ตัวแม่” come from?

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

ตัวแม่ (Thai): queen: woman who is pre-eminent in a certain field; woman who is fashionably fierce

Definitions

  1. queen: woman who is pre-eminent in a certain field; woman who is fashionably fierce

Ancestry of “ตัวแม่”, step by step

ตัวแม่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai แม่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแม่mother; female head, chief, or leader; woman in...
2Proto-Taimeːᴮmother
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →