Where does “พุทธศาสนิกชน” come from?

พุทธศาสนิกชน (Thai) comes from Thai พุทธ, from Pali Buddha, from Sanskrit बुद्ध, from Proto-Indo-Aryan buddʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

พุทธศาสนิกชน (Thai): Buddhist

Definitions

  1. Buddhist

Ancestry of “พุทธศาสนิกชน”, step by step

พุทธศาสนิกชน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai พุทธ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiพุทธBuddhist
2PaliBuddhaBuddha, the enlightened one
3Sanskritबुद्धawake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanbuddʰás—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰudᶻdʰásaware, awake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰtósaware
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Thai ศาสนิกชน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศาสนิกชนreligious believer
2Sanskritशासनorder, edict, command; a shastra, scripture;...
3Sanskritशास्to order; to command; to direct; to order,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₁s-to call, to command, to instruct; to proclaim,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás →