Where does “ความขอบคุณ” come from?
ความขอบคุณ (Thai) comes from Thai ขอบคุณ, from Thai คุณ, from Pali guṇa, from Pali sikkhā, from Sanskrit शिक्षा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćikš- — to learn.
ความขอบคุณ (Thai): gratitude
Definitions
- gratitude
Ancestry of “ความขอบคุณ”, step by step
ความขอบคุณ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ขอบคุณ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ขอบคุณ | thank you; to thank |
| 2 | Thai | คุณ | attribute; characteristic; property; benefit;... |
| 3 | Pali | guṇa | string, cord; quality, attribute; especially a... |
| 4 | Pali | sikkhā | study, discipline; phonetics |
| 5 | Sanskrit | शिक्षा | learning, study; knowledge, art, skill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćikš- | to learn |