Where does “เก็บตัว” come from?

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

เก็บตัว (Thai): to quarantine

Definitions

  1. to quarantine

Ancestry of “เก็บตัว”, step by step

เก็บตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai เก็บ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเก็บkept; stored; to accumulate; to heap up; to...
2Proto-Taikepᴰto pick
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →