Where does “การล่าแม่มด” come from?

การล่าแม่มด (Thai) comes from Thai ล่าแม่มด, from Thai แม่มด, from Thai มด, from Proto-Malayic *əmbun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ambun, from Proto-Austronesian ambun — dew.

การล่าแม่มด (Thai): witch-hunt

Definitions

  1. witch-hunt

Ancestry of “การล่าแม่มด”, step by step

การล่าแม่มด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ล่าแม่มด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiล่าแม่มดto witch-hunt; to subject to a witch-hunt
2Thaiแม่มดsorceress; witch
3Thaiมดperson of occult knowledge; person who practices...
4Proto-Malayic*əmbundew moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianambundew
6Proto-Austronesianambundew

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ambun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ambun →Every word from Proto-Malayic *əmbun →