Where does “ยกเมฆ” come from?

ยกเมฆ (Thai) comes from Thai เมฆ, from Sanskrit मेघ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European h₃moygʰós — fog, cloud.

ยกเมฆ (Thai): to interpret the shape of clouds in order to divine an event or situation

Definitions

  1. to interpret the shape of clouds in order to divine an event or situation

Ancestry of “ยกเมฆ”, step by step

ยกเมฆ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เมฆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเมฆcloud
2Sanskritमेघa cloud; a mass, multitude; a particular rāga
3Proto-Indo-AryanHmaygʰás—
4Proto-Indo-IranianHmaygʰáscloud
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃moygʰósfog, cloud

via Thai ยก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยกto lift; to raise; to move; to cause to move; to...
2Proto-Taiɲɤkᴰto raise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃moygʰós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hmaygʰás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hmaygʰás →
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