Where does “นักต้มตุ๋น” come from?
นักต้มตุ๋น (Thai) comes from Thai ต้มตุ๋น, from Thai ต้ม, from Proto-Tai tomᶜ — to boil.
นักต้มตุ๋น (Thai): conman
Ancestry of “นักต้มตุ๋น”, step by step
นักต้มตุ๋น traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ต้มตุ๋น
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ต้มตุ๋น | to con; to swindle by means of a confidence game |
| 2 | Thai | ต้ม | to boil; to trick; to deceive; to sham |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | tomᶜ | to boil |
via Thai นัก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | นัก | an honorific for a member of the Khmer royalty or... |
| 2 | Old Khmer | ʼnaka | — |