Where does “ตั้งตัว” come from?

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

ตั้งตัว (Thai): to prepare (oneself for something); to make (oneself) ready or to get ready (for something); to brace (oneself) up; to build (oneself) up

Definitions

  1. to prepare (oneself for something); to make (oneself) ready or to get ready (for something); to brace (oneself) up; to build (oneself) up

Ancestry of “ตั้งตัว”, step by step

ตั้งตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ตั้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตั้งto come or cause to come into being; to set; to...
2Proto-Taitaŋᶜto erect

Words derived from “ตั้งตัว”

Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →