Where does “ลอย ๆ” come from?

ลอย ๆ (Thai) comes from Thai ลอย, from Proto-Tai loːjᴬ — to swim.

ลอย ๆ (Thai): groundlessly; baselessly; causelessly

Definitions

  1. groundlessly; baselessly; causelessly

Ancestry of “ลอย ๆ”, step by step

ลอย ๆ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลอย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลอยto float
2Proto-Tailoːjᴬto swim

via Thai ๆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiๆrepetition marker; repetition mark; "repetition...
2Thai๒2
Every word from Proto-Tai loːjᴬ →Every word from Thai ลอย →