Where does “สิบปากว่าไม่เท่าตาเห็น” come from?

สิบปากว่าไม่เท่าตาเห็น (Thai) comes from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

สิบปากว่าไม่เท่าตาเห็น (Thai): Seeing is believing

Definitions

  1. Seeing is believing

Ancestry of “สิบปากว่าไม่เท่าตาเห็น”, step by step

สิบปากว่าไม่เท่าตาเห็น traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปาก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปากmouth; brim
2Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
3Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
4Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
5Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
6Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
7Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
8Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai ไม่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไม่no; not; neither; nor; no
2Thaiได้to get; to obtain; to receive; used before a verb...
3Thaiพลอยgem; precious stone

via Thai ตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตาmaternal grandfather; eye; time; turn; moment
2Proto-Taitaːᴬmaternal grandfather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds