Where does “ทุกข์” come from?
ทุกข์ (Thai) comes from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख, from Sanskrit दुस्-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan duš-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian duš-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.
ทุกข์ (Thai): grief; sorrow; suffering
Ancestry of “ทุกข์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | dukkha | suffering, discontent, dissatisfaction |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दुःख | sorrow, distress, suffering, grief, misery,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दुस्- | a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs ... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | duš- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | duš- | bad |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dus- | bad |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dēwǝ- | to fail, be behind, be lacking |
Words derived from “ทุกข์”