Where does “กุ้งแห้ง” come from?

กุ้งแห้ง (Thai) comes from Thai กุ้ง, from Proto-Tai *kuŋᴮ/ꟲ — shrimp.

กุ้งแห้ง (Thai): dried shrimp; very skinny; having pancake breasts

Definitions

  1. dried shrimp; very skinny; having pancake breasts

Ancestry of “กุ้งแห้ง”, step by step

กุ้งแห้ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กุ้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกุ้งshrimp; prawn
2Proto-Tai*kuŋᴮ/ꟲshrimp

via Thai แห้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแห้งdry; dried
2Proto-Taiʰreːŋᶜdried up
Every word from Proto-Tai *kuŋᴮ/ꟲ →Every word from Thai กุ้ง →