Where does “หมูป่า” come from?

หมูป่า (Thai) comes from Thai ป่า, from Proto-Tai paːᴮ — grove; wood.

หมูป่า (Thai): wild boar

Definitions

  1. wild boar

Ancestry of “หมูป่า”, step by step

หมูป่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ป่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiป่าforest; wood; relating to forest; wild; savage
2Proto-Taipaːᴮgrove; wood

via Thai หมู

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