Where does “ล่าแม่มด” come from?

ล่าแม่มด (Thai) comes from Thai แม่มด, from Thai มด, from Proto-Malayic *əmbun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ambun, from Proto-Austronesian ambun — dew.

ล่าแม่มด (Thai): to witch-hunt; to subject to a witch-hunt

Definitions

  1. to witch-hunt; to subject to a witch-hunt

Ancestry of “ล่าแม่มด”, step by step

ล่าแม่มด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แม่มด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแม่มดsorceress; witch
2Thaiมดperson of occult knowledge; person who practices...
3Proto-Malayic*əmbundew moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianambundew
5Proto-Austronesianambundew

via Thai ล่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiล่าto hunt; to withdraw; to retreat; late
2Proto-Taiʰlaːᶜlate

Words derived from “ล่าแม่มด”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ambun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ambun →Every word from Proto-Malayic *əmbun →