Where does “พระเจ้าหลวง” come from?
พระเจ้าหลวง (Thai) comes from Thai พระเจ้า, from Thai พระ, from Pali vāra, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर, from Sanskrit वीर, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
พระเจ้าหลวง (Thai): retired monarch; monarch who abdicates in favour...
Definitions
- retired monarch; monarch who abdicates in favour...
Ancestry of “พระเจ้าหลวง”, step by step
พระเจ้าหลวง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai พระเจ้า
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | พระเจ้า | buddha; high god; priest |
| 2 | Thai | พระ | god, deity; priest, royal person; also used as an... |
| 3 | Pali | vāra | excellent |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |