Where does “ตัดหน้า” come from?

ตัดหน้า (Thai) comes from Thai หน้า, from Proto-Tai ʰnaːᶜ — face.

ตัดหน้า (Thai): to run past in front of cars

Definitions

  1. to run past in front of cars

Ancestry of “ตัดหน้า”, step by step

ตัดหน้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หน้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหน้าface; surface; front; person; reputation; dignity
2Proto-Taiʰnaːᶜface

via Thai ตัด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตัดto cut; to reduce; to cut across
2Proto-Taitacᴰto cut
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰnaːᶜ →Every word from Thai หน้า →