Where does “มัชชาระ” come from?

มัชชาระ (Thai) comes from Pali majjāra, from Sanskrit मार्जार, from Sanskrit मृज्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- — to wipe off, wipe clean.

มัชชาระ (Thai): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “มัชชาระ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimajjāracat
2Sanskritमार्जारcat; wild cat; civet cat
3Sanskritमृज्to wipe
4Proto-Indo-European*h₃merǵ-to wipe off, wipe clean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- →Every word from Sanskrit मृज् →Every word from Sanskrit मार्जार →