Where does “ไหวตัว” come from?

ไหวตัว (Thai) comes from Thai ตัว, from Old Chinese 頭.

ไหวตัว (Thai): to move; to have movement; to be in motion

Definitions

  1. to move; to have movement; to be in motion

Ancestry of “ไหวตัว”, step by step

ไหวตัว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตัว

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

via Thai ไหว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไหวto shake, to tremble, to quake; capable
2Proto-TaiC̥.wajᴬ—
Every word from Old Chinese 頭 →Every word from Thai ตัว →
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