Where does “มีอายุ” come from?
มีอายุ (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.
มีอายุ (Thai): to be (so and so many) years old
Definitions
- to be (so and so many) years old
Ancestry of “มีอายุ”, step by step
มีอายุ 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 อายุ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | อายุ | age; life; lifespan |
| 2 | Pali | āyu | nominative/vocative/accusative singular of āyus;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आयु | man, a living being; mankind, human race; son,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hā́yu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hā́yu | lifetime, life |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂óyu | long time, lifetime |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |