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Where does “ผู้ว่าราชการ” come from?

ผู้ว่าราชการ (Thai) comes from Thai ราชการ, from Thai ราช, from Old Khmer រាជ, from Sanskrit राज, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

ผู้ว่าราชการ (Thai): administrator; governor; ruler

Definitions

  1. administrator; governor; ruler

Ancestry of “ผู้ว่าราชการ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiราชการgovernment affair; government service
2Thaiราชking: male monarch or sovereign; chief, lord,...
3Old Khmerរាជ—
4Sanskritराजking; chief; sovereign
5Sanskritराजन्a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the...
6Proto-Indo-AryanHrā́ȷ́āking
7Proto-Indo-IranianHrā́ȷ́ā—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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