Where does “ກະລາສີ” come from?
ກະລາສີ (Lao) comes from Thai กะลาสี, from Malay kelasi, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.
ກະລາສີ (Lao): sailor, seaman
Definitions
- sailor, seaman
Ancestry of “ກະລາສີ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | กะลาสี | sailor, seaman |
| 2 | Malay | kelasi | sailor; sailor, seaman |
| 3 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 4 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 5 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 6 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 7 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 8 | Russian | класс | class |
| 9 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |