Where does “ถือหาง” come from?

ถือหาง (Thai) comes from Thai หาง, from Proto-Tai trwɤːŋᴬ — tail.

ถือหาง (Thai): to back; to support; to side (with)

Definitions

  1. to back; to support; to side (with)

Ancestry of “ถือหาง”, step by step

ถือหาง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หาง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหางtail; end of an object
2Proto-Taitrwɤːŋᴬtail

via Thai ถือ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiถือTo hold; To carry
Every word from Proto-Tai trwɤːŋᴬ →Every word from Thai หาง →