Where does “นาวี” come from?
นาวี (Thai) comes from English Navy, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus — out, outward.
นาวี (Thai): boat; ship
Definitions
- boat; ship
Ancestry of “นาวี”, step by step
นาวี traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Navy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Navy | A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel |
| 2 | Middle English | nave | nave hub of a wheel |
| 3 | Old French | navie | navy |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigia | — |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigium | vessel, ship, boat |
| 6 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 7 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 9 | German | hinaus | out |
| 10 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 11 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Thai นาวา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | นาวา | boat; ship |
| 2 | Pali | nava | nine |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नव | new, fresh, recent, young, modern; often in... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | náwas | new |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | náwas | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |