Where does “ขันธ์” come from?
ขันธ์ (Thai) comes from Pali khandha, from Pali veda, from Sanskrit वेद, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
ขันธ์ (Thai): the five aggregates
Ancestry of “ขันธ์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | khandha | — |
| 2 | Pali | veda | knowledge |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वेद | knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “ขันธ์”