Where does “เลียไข่” come from?

เลียไข่ (Thai) comes from Thai ไข่, from Proto-Tai qraj — egg.

เลียไข่ (Thai): to fawn: to give a servile display of exaggerated...

Definitions

  1. to fawn: to give a servile display of exaggerated...

Ancestry of “เลียไข่”, step by step

เลียไข่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไข่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไข่egg; roe; spawn; ovoid or round object: ball,...
2Proto-Taiqrajegg

via Thai เลีย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเลียto lick; to affect or attack as if licking; to...
2Proto-TaiC̬.lwiəᴬto lick
Every word from Proto-Tai qrajEvery word from Thai ไข่