Where does “ความสงสัย” come from?
ความสงสัย (Thai) comes from Thai สงสัย, from Pali saṃsaya, from Sanskrit संशय — doubt; uncertainty; irresolution; hesitation.
Ancestry of “ความสงสัย”, step by step
ความสงสัย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สงสัย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สงสัย | to wonder; to doubt; to suspect |
| 2 | Pali | saṃsaya | doubt |
| 3 | Sanskrit | संशय | doubt; uncertainty; irresolution; hesitation |
via Thai ความ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ความ | affair; matter; content; essence; subject;... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɣwaːmᴬ | matter |