Where does “ทอดผ้าป่า” come from?

ทอดผ้าป่า (Thai) comes from Thai ป่า, from Proto-Tai paːᴮ — grove; wood.

ทอดผ้าป่า (Thai): to present a robe to a priest by placing the robe on a tree branch and letting the priest take the robe away himself

Definitions

  1. to present a robe to a priest by placing the robe on a tree branch and letting the priest take the robe away himself

Ancestry of “ทอดผ้าป่า”, step by step

ทอดผ้าป่า traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ป่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiป่าforest; wood; relating to forest; wild; savage
2Proto-Taipaːᴮgrove; wood

via Thai ผ้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผ้าcloth
2Old Chinese布—

via Thai ทอด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทอดto fry; to deep-fry
Every word from Proto-Tai paːᴮ →Every word from Thai ป่า →