Where does “ผีพุ่งไต้” come from?
ผีพุ่งไต้ (Thai) comes from Thai ผี, from Proto-Tai priːᴬ — spirit.
ผีพุ่งไต้ (Thai): meteor
Definitions
- meteor
Ancestry of “ผีพุ่งไต้”, step by step
ผีพุ่งไต้ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ผี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ผี | deity; god; dead body; corpse; remains; ghost;... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | priːᴬ | spirit |
via Thai พุ่ง
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | พุ่ง | to throw; to hurl |
via Thai ไต้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ไต้ | torch: traditionally referring to one made of decayed wood mixed with rubber oil or dammar gum, often wrapped with myrtle bark or pandan leaves and fastened with bamboo stripes or put into bamboo tubes |