Where does “ฝากผีฝากไข้” come from?

ฝากผีฝากไข้ (Thai) comes from Thai ไข้, from Proto-Tai *k.rajꟲ.

ฝากผีฝากไข้ (Thai): to entrust one's life to someone; to ask someone to take care of one until one's last breath

Definitions

  1. to entrust one's life to someone; to ask someone to take care of one until one's last breath

Ancestry of “ฝากผีฝากไข้”, step by step

ฝากผีฝากไข้ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไข้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไข้sickness; illness; fever; pyrexia; a...
2Proto-Tai*k.rajꟲ

via Thai ผี

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

via Thai ฝาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฝากto deposit (e.g., money); leave; entrust (something); consign
2Proto-Taiʰwaːkᴰto entrust
Every word from Proto-Tai *k.rajꟲEvery word from Thai ไข้
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