Where does “ไต่เต้า” come from?

ไต่เต้า (Thai) comes from Thai ไต่, from Proto-Southwestern Tai taj/aɰᴮ¹, from Proto-Tai twajᴮ — to crawl over.

ไต่เต้า (Thai): walk slowly

Definitions

  1. walk slowly

Ancestry of “ไต่เต้า”, step by step

ไต่เต้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไต่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไต่to crawl, creep; to climb; to question,...
2Proto-Southwestern Taitaj/aɰᴮ¹to creep; to move like a worm
3Proto-Taitwajᴮto crawl over

via Thai เต้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเต้าbreast; udder; gourd; to forge; to invent; to...
Every word from Proto-Tai twajᴮEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai taj/aɰᴮ¹Every word from Thai ไต่