Where does “พจน์” come from?
พจน์ (Thai) comes from Pali vacana, from Sanskrit वचन, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
พจน์ (Thai): word; speech; number
Ancestry of “พจน์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | vacana | utterance |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वचन | speaking; eloquent; speaking, utterance |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |