Where does “หน้าผีบอดี้เน่า” come from?

หน้าผีบอดี้เน่า (Thai) comes from Thai บอดี้, from English Body, from Middle English bode, from Old English boda, from Proto-Germanic budô, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

หน้าผีบอดี้เน่า (Thai): Having bad facial appearance and bad physical shape

Definitions

  1. Having bad facial appearance and bad physical shape

Ancestry of “หน้าผีบอดี้เน่า”, step by step

หน้าผีบอดี้เน่า traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai บอดี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบอดี้body
2EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
3Middle Englishbodemessenger
4Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
5Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
6Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Thai หน้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหน้าface; surface; front; person; reputation; dignity
2Proto-Taiʰnaːᶜface

via Thai เน่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเน่าdecayed; decomposed; putrid; rotten; bad; poor;...
2Proto-Tainawᴮrotten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ-