Where does “ธรรมชาติ” come from?
ธรรมชาติ (Thai) comes from Pali dhamma, from Sanskrit धर्म, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.
ธรรมชาติ (Thai): nature
Ancestry of “ธรรมชาติ”, step by step
ธรรมชาติ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali dhamma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | dhamma | truth, righteousness; doctrine, teachings;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | धर्म | morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰármas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via Pali jāti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | jāti | birth; rebirth; lineage, family, caste |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जाति | birth, production; rebirth; the form of existence... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “ธรรมชาติ”