Where does “อุ้มบุญ” come from?

อุ้มบุญ (Thai) comes from Thai บุญ, from Pali puñña, from Sanskrit पुण्य — the good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...

อุ้มบุญ (Thai): to act as a surrogate mother

Definitions

  1. to act as a surrogate mother

Ancestry of “อุ้มบุญ”, step by step

อุ้มบุญ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai บุญ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบุญdelight; happiness; merit; favourable outcome of...
2Palipuññamerit
3Sanskritपुण्यthe good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...

via Thai อุ้ม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอุ้มto bear, carry, hold, or lift up using or as if...
2Proto-Taiʔuːmᶜto carry in the arms

Words derived from “อุ้มบุญ

Every word from Sanskrit पुण्यEvery word from Pali puññaEvery word from Thai บุญ