Where does “ฟันหัวแบะ” come from?

ฟันหัวแบะ (Thai) comes from Thai ฟัน, from Proto-Southwestern Tai vaŋᴬ, from Proto-Tai walᴬ — to slash.

ฟันหัวแบะ (Thai): to set or determine a shockingly and unfairly high price; to demand the payment of such a price

Definitions

  1. to set or determine a shockingly and unfairly high price; to demand the payment of such a price

Ancestry of “ฟันหัวแบะ”, step by step

ฟันหัวแบะ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ฟัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฟันto cut; to slash; to have sex with; tooth
2Proto-Southwestern Taivaŋᴬto listen
3Proto-Taiwalᴬto slash

via Thai หัว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหัวhead; swelling; protuberance; bulb, tuber, or...
2Proto-Taitruəᴬhead
Every word from Proto-Tai walᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai vaŋᴬ →Every word from Thai ฟัน →