Where does “ลอยตัว” come from?

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

ลอยตัว (Thai): to float; to fly; to suspend; to hang; to rest or...

Definitions

  1. to float; to fly; to suspend; to hang; to rest or...

Ancestry of “ลอยตัว”, step by step

ลอยตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ลอย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลอยto float
2Proto-Tailoːjᴬto swim

Words derived from “ลอยตัว”

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