Where does “ตั้งโต๊ะ” come from?

ตั้งโต๊ะ (Thai) comes from Thai โต๊ะ, from Malay tok — grandfather.

ตั้งโต๊ะ (Thai): to lay the table

Definitions

  1. to lay the table

Ancestry of “ตั้งโต๊ะ”, step by step

ตั้งโต๊ะ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai โต๊ะ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโต๊ะtable; desk; Alternative form of โตก; used as a...
2Malaytokgrandfather

via Thai ตั้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตั้งto come or cause to come into being; to set; to...
2Proto-Taitaŋᶜto erect
Every word from Malay tok →Every word from Thai โต๊ะ →