Where does “ຍານອະວະກາດ” come from?

ຍານອະວະກາດ (Lao) comes from Lao ຍານ, from Sanskrit यान, from Proto-Indo-Aryan yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-nom, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

ຍານອະວະກາດ (Lao): spaceship, spacecraft

Definitions

spaceship, spacecraft

Ancestry of “ຍານອະວະກາດ”, step by step

ຍານອະວະກາດ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຍານ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Lao	ຍານ	vehicle
2	Sanskrit	यान	carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
3	Proto-Indo-Aryan	yáHnam	—
4	Proto-Indo-Iranian	yáHnam	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	yéh₂-nom	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	yeh₂-	to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Lao ອະວະກາດ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Lao	ອະວະກາດ	outer space
2	Sanskrit	अवकाश	chance; occasion; opportunity
3	Sanskrit	काश	shining-brightly
4	Proto-Indo-European	kʷeḱ-	to see; to look

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-nom →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáHnam →