Where does “กลั่นแกล้ง” come from?
กลั่นแกล้ง (Thai) comes from Thai กลั่น — to distill, extract.
กลั่นแกล้ง (Thai): to bully, to tease, to intimate; to make fun of, etc
Definitions
- to bully, to tease, to intimate; to make fun of, etc
Ancestry of “กลั่นแกล้ง”, step by step
กลั่นแกล้ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai กลั่น
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | กลั่น | to distill, extract |
via Thai แกล้ง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | แกล้ง | to subject to annoyance, trouble, vexation, or humiliation: to annoy, to trouble, to vex, to harass, to persecute, to bully, to tease, to make fun of, to prank, etc |