Where does “ลงเอย” come from?

ลงเอย (Thai) comes from Thai ลง, from Proto-Tai n̩.loŋᴬ — to descend.

ลงเอย (Thai): to end a poem with the word เอย

Definitions

  1. to end a poem with the word เอย

Ancestry of “ลงเอย”, step by step

ลงเอย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลงto descend; to cause to descend; to lower; to...
2Proto-Tain̩.loŋᴬto descend

via Thai เอย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเอยused to end a poem
Every word from Proto-Tai n̩.loŋᴬEvery word from Thai ลง