Where does “มายากล” come from?
มายากล (Thai) comes from Thai กล, from Pali kula, from Pali samagga, from Pali agga, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
มายากล (Thai): magic: mysterious tricks performed as...
Definitions
- magic: mysterious tricks performed as...
Ancestry of “มายากล”, step by step
มายากล traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai กล
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | กล | magic: the art of producing illusions; trick:... |
| 2 | Pali | kula | clan, caste, family |
| 3 | Pali | samagga | united, being in harmony |
| 4 | Pali | agga | highest; top-most |
| 5 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 7 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |
via Thai มายา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | มายา | deception, deceit, fraud, fraudulence; fallacy,... |
| 2 | Pali | Māyā | fraud |
| 3 | Sanskrit | माया | art, wisdom, inhuman or supernatural power;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |