Where does “ขมา” come from?
ขมา (Thai) comes from Pali khamā, from Sanskrit क्षमा, from Sanskrit क्षम्, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
ขมา (Thai): forbearance (from taking offence or giving punishment); disposition (to show clemency, forbearance, or mercy in punishing)
Definitions
- forbearance (from taking offence or giving punishment); disposition (to show clemency, forbearance, or mercy in punishing)
Ancestry of “ขมา”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | khamā | forbearance; forgiveness |
| 2 | Sanskrit | क्षमा | patience, forbearance, indulgence; Patience;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | क्षम् | ground, earth; to submit; endure, suffer; pardon,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |