Where does “เอาผิด” come from?

เอาผิด (Thai) comes from Thai เอา, from Proto-Tai ʔawᴬ — to take.

เอาผิด (Thai): to consider (someone's action) to be wrong or offensive; to take offence; to consider to be an offence or wrongdoing

Definitions

  1. to consider (someone's action) to be wrong or offensive; to take offence; to consider to be an offence or wrongdoing

Ancestry of “เอาผิด”, step by step

เอาผิด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เอา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเอาto bring; to take; to capture; to seize; to cope;...
2Proto-Taiʔawᴬto take

via Thai ผิด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผิดwrong, incorrect

Words derived from “เอาผิด

Every word from Proto-Tai ʔawᴬEvery word from Thai เอา
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