Where does “แข็งตัว” come from?

แข็งตัว (Thai) comes from Thai แข็ง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰɛːŋᴬ¹, from Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ.

แข็งตัว (Thai): to get hard, to harden, to get stiff, to stiffen

Definitions

  1. to get hard, to harden, to get stiff, to stiffen

Ancestry of “แข็งตัว”, step by step

แข็งตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แข็ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแข็งhard; rigid
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*kʰɛːŋᴬ¹—
3Proto-Tai*k.reːŋᴬ—

via Thai ตัว

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

Words derived from “แข็งตัว”

Every word from Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰɛːŋᴬ¹ →Every word from Thai แข็ง →