Where does “ขาลศก” come from?

ขาลศก (Thai) comes from Thai ศก, from Sanskrit शक, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣 — Saka and Scythians, a nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes.

ขาลศก (Thai): a year of the Tiger, the third year under the...

Definitions

  1. a year of the Tiger, the third year under the...

Ancestry of “ขาลศก”, step by step

ขาลศก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ศก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศกheadhair; era; year
2Sanskritशकyear
3Old Persian𐎿𐎣𐎠Scythia
4Old Persian𐎿𐎣Saka and Scythians, a nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes

via Thai ขาล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiขาลYear of the Tiger, the third year in the cycle of...
2Khmerខាលthe Tiger, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs
3Khmerខ្លាtiger
4Proto-Mon-Khmerklaʔtiger
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