Where does “ท้าทาย” come from?

ท้าทาย (Thai) comes from Thai ทาย, from Pali dāya, from Sanskrit दाय, from Sanskrit दा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian daH-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

ท้าทาย (Thai): to challenge: to summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc; to call into question; to defy

Definitions

  1. to challenge: to summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc; to call into question; to defy

Ancestry of “ท้าทาย”, step by step

ท้าทาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทายto divine; to prophesy; to predict
2Palidāya—
3Sanskritदायgift, present, donation
4Sanskritदाa giver; to give; to cut, reap, divide, mow
5Proto-Indo-IraniandaH-give
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Thai ทา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทาto apply something on something by means of...
2Proto-Taidaːᴬ—
3Middle Chinese塗—

Words derived from “ท้าทาย”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian daH- →Every word from Sanskrit दा →