Where does “ชนกลุ่มน้อย” come from?

ชนกลุ่มน้อย (Thai) comes from Thai ชน, from Sanskrit जन, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ชนกลุ่มน้อย (Thai): minority group; member of such a group; minority...

Definitions

  1. minority group; member of such a group; minority...

Ancestry of “ชนกลุ่มน้อย”, step by step

ชนกลุ่มน้อย traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชนto collide with; to converge a period; to make...
2Sanskritजनgenerating; person, human being, human; race,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ánHas—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ánHasrace, group of people
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónh₁osbirth; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Thai น้อย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiน้อยlittle, few; small; a little, a few
2Proto-Tai*noːjꟲ—

via Thai กลุ่ม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกลุ่มgroup
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónh₁os →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHas →