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

  1. 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

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

via Thai นาม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนามname; designation; title; appellation; noun;...
2Sanskritनामneuter nominative singular of नामन्; neuter...

via Thai ไม้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม้wood; stick; log; tree; plant; mark
2Proto-Tai*mwajꟲ
Every word from Proto-Tai walᴬEvery word from Proto-Southwestern Tai vaŋᴬEvery word from Thai ฟัน