Where does “มิค” come from?

มิค (Thai) comes from Pali miga, from Sanskrit मृग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás — a forest animal.

มิค (Thai): wild animal such as deer, antelope etc

Definitions

  1. wild animal such as deer, antelope etc

Ancestry of “มิค”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimigabeast; quadruped; deer
2Sanskritमृगa forest animal, wild beast; a deer, gazelle,...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmr̥gása forest animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás →Every word from Sanskrit मृग →Every word from Pali miga →