Where does “หนีเสือปะจระเข้” come from?

หนีเสือปะจระเข้ (Thai) comes from Thai ปะ, from Thai ไป, from Proto-Tai pajᴬ — to go.

หนีเสือปะจระเข้ (Thai): to escape from one bad situation only to meet another bad situation

Definitions

  1. to escape from one bad situation only to meet another bad situation

Ancestry of “หนีเสือปะจระเข้”, step by step

หนีเสือปะจระเข้ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปะ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปะto cover to put or place on the top or surface (of)
2Thaiไปto go; to move (away from the speaker); to leave; to depart
3Proto-Taipajᴬto go

via Thai เสือ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสือtiger; bandit; outlaw
2Proto-Southwestern Taisɯəᴬtiger

via Thai หน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหนway; road; time; occurence; place
2Proto-Taiʰrwɤnᴬroad; road; way
Every word from Proto-Tai pajᴬ →Every word from Thai ไป →Every word from Thai ปะ →