Where does “ผิดผี” come from?

ผิดผี (Thai) comes from Thai ผี, from Proto-Tai priːᴬ — spirit.

ผิดผี (Thai): to break a taboo, especially one concerning sexual misconduct

Definitions

  1. to break a taboo, especially one concerning sexual misconduct

Ancestry of “ผิดผี”, step by step

ผิดผี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ผี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผีdeity; god; dead body; corpse; remains; ghost;...
2Proto-Taipriːᴬspirit

via Thai ผิด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผิดwrong, incorrect
Every word from Proto-Tai priːᴬ →Every word from Thai ผี →