Where does “นาค” come from?

นาค (Thai) comes from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

นาค (Thai): postulant: person seeking admission into a...

Definitions

  1. postulant: person seeking admission into a...

Ancestry of “นาค”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palināgacobra; elephant; ironwood tree
2Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “นาค”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Sanskrit नाग →Every word from Pali nāga →