Where does “ต้มตุ๋น” come from?

ต้มตุ๋น (Thai) comes from Thai ต้ม, from Proto-Tai tomᶜ — to boil.

ต้มตุ๋น (Thai): to con; to swindle by means of a confidence game

Definitions

  1. to con; to swindle by means of a confidence game

Ancestry of “ต้มตุ๋น”, step by step

ต้มตุ๋น traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ต้ม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiต้มto boil; to trick; to deceive; to sham
2Proto-Taitomᶜto boil

via Thai ตุ๋น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตุ๋นto braise
2Min Nan燉to heat, to stew

Words derived from “ต้มตุ๋น”

Every word from Proto-Tai tomᶜ →Every word from Thai ต้ม →