Where does “ฟันไม้ข่มนาม” come from?
ฟันไม้ข่มนาม (Thai) comes from Thai ฟัน, from Proto-Southwestern Tai vaŋᴬ, from Proto-Tai walᴬ — to slash.
ฟันไม้ข่มนาม (Thai): occult ceremony to symbolically frighten an enemy by slashing a tree, piece of wood, etc, whose name is like, or contains the first letter in, the name of the enemy, often performed before marching to war
Definitions
- occult ceremony to symbolically frighten an enemy by slashing a tree, piece of wood, etc, whose name is like, or contains the first letter in, the name of the enemy, often performed before marching to war
Ancestry of “ฟันไม้ข่มนาม”, step by step
ฟันไม้ข่มนาม traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ฟัน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ฟัน | to cut; to slash; to have sex with; tooth |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | vaŋᴬ | to listen |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | walᴬ | to slash |