Where does “มีชีวิต” come from?
มีชีวิต (Thai) comes from Thai มี, from English mi, from Middle English mi, from Middle English min, from Old English mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.
มีชีวิต (Thai): to live; to be alive
Definitions
- to live; to be alive
Ancestry of “มีชีวิต”, step by step
มีชีวิต traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai มี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | มี | to have; to own; to possess; to contain; to... |
| 2 | English | mi | A syllable used in sol-fa to represent the third... |
| 3 | Middle English | mi | First-person singular genitive determiner: my |
| 4 | Middle English | min | First-person singular genitive determiner: my;... |
| 5 | Old English | mīn | my, mine |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mīn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mīnaz | my, mine; 1st person singular possessive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |
via Thai ชีวิต
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ชีวิต | life |
| 2 | Pali | jīvita | life, lifetime; livelihood |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जीवित | living; lived through; returned to life |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wo-teh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |