Where does “แยกย้าย” come from?

แยกย้าย (Thai) comes from Thai ยาย, from Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ — maternal grandmother.

แยกย้าย (Thai): to scatter; to disperse

Definitions

  1. to scatter; to disperse

Ancestry of “แยกย้าย”, step by step

แยกย้าย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยายmaternal grandmother; aged woman; a term of...
2Proto-Tai*naːjᴬmaternal grandmother

via Thai แยก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแยกto part: to sever, to break, to divide, to separate, to keep apart, etc
Every word from Proto-Tai *naːjᴬEvery word from Thai ยาย