Where does “จนกว่า” come from?
จนกว่า (Thai) comes from Thai กว่า, from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
จนกว่า (Thai): right up until, till
Definitions
- right up until, till
Ancestry of “จนกว่า”, step by step
จนกว่า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai กว่า
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | กว่า | away; off |
| 2 | Thai | ปาก | mouth; brim |
| 3 | Thai | กา | crow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol |
| 4 | Thai | กากบาท | cross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark |
| 5 | Thai | บาท | priest; foot; an honorific for or term of address... |
| 6 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Thai จน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | จน | poor, not rich |