Where does “ลับหลัง” come from?

ลับหลัง (Thai) comes from Thai ลับ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai lapᴰ²ˢ — to sharpen; hidden; secret.

ลับหลัง (Thai): not openly; indirectly; secretly

Definitions

  1. not openly; indirectly; secretly

Ancestry of “ลับหลัง”, step by step

ลับหลัง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลับ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลับto sharpen; hidden from sight; secret
2Proto-Southwestern Tailapᴰ²ˢto sharpen; hidden; secret

via Thai หลัง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหลังback; back; rear; next; after; later; hind
2Proto-Taiʰlaŋᴬback

Words derived from “ลับหลัง”

Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai lapᴰ²ˢ →Every word from Thai ลับ →