Where does “นักบินอวกาศ” come from?
นักบินอวกาศ (Thai) comes from Thai อวกาศ, from Sanskrit अवकाश, from Sanskrit काश, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.
นักบินอวกาศ (Thai): an astronaut
Ancestry of “นักบินอวกาศ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | อวกาศ | outer space |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अवकाश | chance; occasion; opportunity |
| 3 | Sanskrit | काश | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |