Where does “ขึ้นเขียง” come from?

ขึ้นเขียง (Thai) comes from Thai ขึ้น, from Proto-Tai *χɯnꟲ — to ascend.

ขึ้นเขียง (Thai): to undergo plastic surgery; to undergo any surgical procedure

Definitions

  1. to undergo plastic surgery; to undergo any surgical procedure

Ancestry of “ขึ้นเขียง”, step by step

ขึ้นเขียง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขึ้น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขึ้นup; upwards; frontally; frontwards; northerly;...
2Proto-Tai*χɯnꟲto ascend

via Thai เขียง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเขียงchopping block, chopping board
2Proto-Taiχiəŋᴬchopping block; chopping board
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