Where does “ประหารชีวิต” come from?
ประหารชีวิต (Thai) comes from Thai ชีวิต, from Pali jīvita, from Sanskrit जीवित, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
ประหารชีวิต (Thai): death penalty; execution: infliction of death...
Definitions
- death penalty; execution: infliction of death...
Ancestry of “ประหารชีวิต”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | ชีวิต | life |
| 2 | Pali | jīvita | life, lifetime; livelihood |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जीवित | living; lived through; returned to life |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wo-teh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
Words derived from “ประหารชีวิต”