Where does “มัจฉา” come from?

มัจฉา (Thai) comes from Pali maccha, from Sanskrit मत्स्य, from Sanskrit पुराण, from Sanskrit -न, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

มัจฉา (Thai): fish; merperson

Definitions

  1. fish; merperson

Ancestry of “มัจฉา”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimacchafish
2Sanskritमत्स्यa fish; the first of ten avatars of the god...
3Sanskritपुराणbelonging to ancient or olden times, ancient,...
4Sanskrit-नforms nouns from roots
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Sanskrit -न