Where does “คาบเจ้า” come from?
คาบเจ้า (Thai) comes from Thai ข้าพเจ้า, from Thai ข้า, from Thai พระพุทธเจ้า, from Thai พระ, from Pali vāra, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर, from Sanskrit वीर — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Ancestry of “คาบเจ้า”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ข้าพเจ้า | a first person pronoun used when addressing a... |
| 2 | Thai | ข้า | citizen; attendant; retainer; servant; slave |
| 3 | Thai | พระพุทธเจ้า | Buddha; Buddha image; king: male monarch |
| 4 | Thai | พระ | god, deity; priest, royal person; also used as an... |
| 5 | Pali | vāra | excellent |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |