Where does “หุ่นเชิด” come from?

หุ่นเชิด (Thai) comes from Thai หุ่น, from Proto-Tai hunᴮ — puppet; marionette.

หุ่นเชิด (Thai): manipulated figure, as puppet, marionette, etc

Definitions

  1. manipulated figure, as puppet, marionette, etc

Ancestry of “หุ่นเชิด”, step by step

หุ่นเชิด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หุ่น

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหุ่นmodel; artificial figure representing someone or...
2Proto-Taihunᴮpuppet; marionette

via Thai เชิด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเชิดto lift; to raise
Every word from Proto-Tai hunᴮEvery word from Thai หุ่น