Where does “เสียผี” come from?

เสียผี (Thai) comes from Thai ผี, from Proto-Tai priːᴬ — spirit.

เสียผี (Thai): to, by making offerings, apologise a deity or spirit for having breached a sexual taboo

Definitions

  1. to, by making offerings, apologise a deity or spirit for having breached a sexual taboo

Ancestry of “เสียผี”, step by step

เสียผี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ผี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผีdeity; god; dead body; corpse; remains; ghost;...
2Proto-Taipriːᴬspirit

via Thai เสีย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสียto degenerate; to deteriorate; to worsen; to...
Every word from Proto-Tai priːᴬEvery word from Thai ผี