Where does “ดาราศาสตร์” come from?

ดาราศาสตร์ (Thai) comes from Thai ดารา, from Pali tārā, from Sanskrit तारक, from Sanskrit तारा, from Sanskrit त, from Sanskrit स्तृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

ดาราศาสตร์ (Thai): astronomy

Definitions

  1. astronomy

Ancestry of “ดาราศาสตร์”, step by step

ดาราศาสตร์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ดารา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดาราstar: heavenly body
2PalitārāThe Pali root tar
3Sanskritतारकsomeone or something which delivers, "in the...
4Sanskritताराa fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a...
5Sanskritthis; that
6Sanskritस्तृa star
7Proto-Indo-IranianHstā́star
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Thai ศาสตร์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศาสตร์science; field or branch of knowledge; -ology
2Sanskritशास्त्रshastra, scripture; science, knowledge
3Proto-Indo-Aryanśāstra

Words derived from “ดาราศาสตร์

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗrEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́