Where does “นาวาโท” come from?

นาวาโท (Thai) comes from Thai นาวา, from Pali nava, from Sanskrit नव, from Proto-Balto-Slavic náwas, from Proto-Indo-Aryan náwas, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.

นาวาโท (Thai): commander

Definitions

  1. commander

Ancestry of “นาวาโท”, step by step

นาวาโท traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นาวา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนาวาboat; ship
2Palinavanine
3Sanskritनवnew, fresh, recent, young, modern; often in...
4Proto-Balto-Slavicnáwasnew
5Proto-Indo-Aryannáwas
6Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
7Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
8Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via Thai โท

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโทsecond; two
2Pre-Angkorian Old Khmerdotwo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European new-