Where does “รถไฟไอน้ำ” come from?
รถไฟไอน้ำ (Thai) comes from Thai ไอน้ำ, from Thai ไอ, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
รถไฟไอน้ำ (Thai): steam train (train pulled by a steam locomotive)
Definitions
- steam train (train pulled by a steam locomotive)
Ancestry of “รถไฟไอน้ำ”, step by step
รถไฟไอน้ำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ไอน้ำ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ไอน้ำ | steam; vapour |
| 2 | Thai | ไอ | vapor; to cough; the letter I/i |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Thai รถไฟ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | รถไฟ | train: connected group of rolling stock |
| 2 | Thai | รถ | chariot, carriage, cart, wagon, or the like;... |
| 3 | Pali | ratha | a chariot, a car; delight, pleasure |
| 4 | Sanskrit | रथ | chariot, car, especially a two-wheeled... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrátʰas | chariot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrót-h₂-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hret- | to roll; wheel; to run, roll |