Where does “มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก” come from?

มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก (Thai) comes from Thai มหาสมุทร, from Thai สมุทร, from Sanskrit समुद्र, from Sanskrit सम्-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก (Thai): Pacific Ocean

Definitions

  1. Pacific Ocean

Ancestry of “มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก”, step by step

มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai มหาสมุทร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมหาสมุทรocean
2Thaiสมุทรsea
3Sanskritसमुद्रthe sea; ocean
4Sanskritसम्-with, together with, along with, together,...
5Proto-Indo-Iraniansam-together, joint, paired
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Thai แปซิฟิก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแปซิฟิก
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Sanskrit सम्-Every word from Sanskrit समुद्र