Where does “ปีงบประมาณ” come from?

ปีงบประมาณ (Thai) comes from Thai งบประมาณ, from Thai ประมาณ, from Sanskrit प्रमाण, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

ปีงบประมาณ (Thai): fiscal year; budget year; tax year. (For Thailand, it counts from October 1 to September 30 and names for next year.)

Definitions

  1. fiscal year; budget year; tax year. (For Thailand, it counts from October 1 to September 30 and names for next year.)

Ancestry of “ปีงบประมาณ”, step by step

ปีงบประมาณ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai งบประมาณ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiงบประมาณbudget
2Thaiประมาณto measure, to determine; to approximate, to...
3Sanskritप्रमाणproof, authority; any proof, testimony, or...
4Proto-Indo-IranianpramaHnam—
5Proto-Indo-European*meh₁nom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Thai ปี

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปีyear
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*piːᴬ¹—
3Proto-Taipiːᴬyear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam →