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Where does “ผีเสื้อ” come from?

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

ผีเสื้อ (Thai): tutelar spirit; butterfly: insect of the order...

Definitions

  1. tutelar spirit; butterfly: insect of the order...

Ancestry of “ผีเสื้อ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ผีเสื้อ”

  • ผีเสื้อราตรี
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