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

ผีเสื้อ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ผี

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

via Thai เสื้อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสื้อtutelar; tutelar spirit; shirt

Words derived from “ผีเสื้อ”

Every word from Proto-Tai priːᴬ →Every word from Thai ผี →