Where does “ຊີວິດ” come from?
ຊີວິດ (Lao) comes from Pali jīvita, from Sanskrit जीवित, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
ຊີວິດ (Lao): life
Ancestry of “ຊີວິດ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | jīvita | life, lifetime; livelihood |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जीवित | living; lived through; returned to life |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wo-teh₂ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |