Where does “ปากหอยปากปู” come from?

ปากหอยปากปู (Thai) comes from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ปากหอยปากปู (Thai): cared, attended to, or listened to by no one; receiving no attention

Definitions

  1. cared, attended to, or listened to by no one; receiving no attention

Ancestry of “ปากหอยปากปู”, step by step

ปากหอยปากปู traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปากmouth; brim
2Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
3Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
4Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
5Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
6Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
7Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
8Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai ปู

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปูcrab; crabmeat; to spread
2Proto-Southwestern Taipuːᴬ¹crab
3Proto-Taipɯwᴬcrab

via Thai หอย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหอยmollusk, such as shell, shellfish, snail, etc;...
2Proto-Taihoːjᴬshellfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds