Where does “สิบแปดมงกุฎ” come from?

สิบแปดมงกุฎ (Thai) comes from Thai สิบแปด, from Thai แปด, from Proto-Tai peːtᴰ, from Middle Chinese 八.

สิบแปดมงกุฎ (Thai): conman; crook; fraud; swindler

Definitions

  1. conman; crook; fraud; swindler

Ancestry of “สิบแปดมงกุฎ”, step by step

สิบแปดมงกุฎ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai สิบแปด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสิบแปด18; eighteen
2Thaiแปด8; eight
3Proto-Taipeːtᴰeight
4Middle Chinese八—

via Thai มงกุฎ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมงกุฎcrown (worn on the head); crest
2Palimakuṭacrest, crown, coronet
Every word from Middle Chinese 八 →Every word from Proto-Tai peːtᴰ →Every word from Thai แปด →