Where does “หมูตอน” come from?

หมูตอน (Thai) comes from Thai ตอน, from Proto-Tai toːnᴬ — to castrate.

หมูตอน (Thai): a despicable or disagreeable, fat person

Definitions

  1. a despicable or disagreeable, fat person

Ancestry of “หมูตอน”, step by step

หมูตอน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ตอน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตอนinterval; period of time; portion; part; section;...
2Proto-Taitoːnᴬto castrate

via Thai หมู

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหมูpig; pork; easy; simple
2Proto-Taiʰmuːᴬpig
Every word from Proto-Tai toːnᴬ →Every word from Thai ตอน →
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