Where does “หนูผี” come from?

หนูผี (Thai) comes from Thai หนู, from Proto-Tai ʰnuːᴬ — mouse; rat.

หนูผี (Thai): shrew

Definitions

  1. shrew

Ancestry of “หนูผี”, step by step

หนูผี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หนู

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหนูmurid: member of the Muridae family; mouse; rat;...
2Proto-Taiʰnuːᴬmouse; rat

via Thai ผี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผีdeity; god; dead body; corpse; remains; ghost;...
2Proto-Taipriːᴬspirit
Every word from Proto-Tai ʰnuːᴬ →Every word from Thai หนู →