Where does “ฝน” come from?
ฝน (Thai) comes from Persian افیون, from Arabic أَفْيُون, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
ฝน (Thai): rain; year; to rub; to reduce to powder, sharpen,...
Definitions
- rain; year; to rub; to reduce to powder, sharpen,...
Ancestry of “ฝน”, step by step
ฝน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian افیون
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | افیون | opium, poppy-juice |
| 2 | Arabic | أَفْيُون | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄπιον | poppy juice, opium |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Proto-Tai *C̥.wɯnᴬ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Tai | *C̥.wɯnᴬ | rain |