Where does “ไขว่ห้าง” come from?

ไขว่ห้าง (Thai) comes from Thai ห้าง, from Teochew 行.

ไขว่ห้าง (Thai): to be cross-legged at the knees: to have one leg placed over the other at the knees

Definitions

  1. to be cross-legged at the knees: to have one leg placed over the other at the knees

Ancestry of “ไขว่ห้าง”, step by step

ไขว่ห้าง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ห้าง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiห้างpartnership
2Teochew行—

via Thai ไขว่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไขว่to be crossed; to be twisted
Every word from Teochew 行 →Every word from Thai ห้าง →