Where does “ผีฟ้า” come from?

ผีฟ้า (Thai) comes from Thai ฟ้า, from Proto-Tai *vaːꟲ — sky.

ผีฟ้า (Thai): deity; god; monarch; sovereign

Definitions

  1. deity; god; monarch; sovereign

Ancestry of “ผีฟ้า”, step by step

ผีฟ้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ฟ้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฟ้าsky; air; heaven; royal person; light blue; sky...
2Proto-Tai*vaːꟲsky

via Thai ผี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผีdeity; god; dead body; corpse; remains; ghost;...
2Proto-Taipriːᴬspirit
Every word from Proto-Tai *vaːꟲ →Every word from Thai ฟ้า →