Where does “กว่า” come from?
กว่า (Thai) comes from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
กว่า (Thai): away; off
Definitions
- away; off
Ancestry of “กว่า”, step by step
กว่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ปาก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ปาก | mouth; brim |
| 2 | Thai | กา | crow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol |
| 3 | Thai | กากบาท | cross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark |
| 4 | Thai | บาท | priest; foot; an honorific for or term of address... |
| 5 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Thai ดาบ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ดาบ | sword; cutlassfish: any of the sea fish of the... |