Where does “ระหว่าง” come from?

ระหว่าง (Thai) comes from Old Khmer ល្វាង៑, from Old Khmer វាង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer wa(a)ŋ — enclosure.

ระหว่าง (Thai): distance (between two points in space or time): space, gap; interval, duration, period; meanwhile; etc

Definitions

  1. distance (between two points in space or time): space, gap; interval, duration, period; meanwhile; etc

Ancestry of “ระหว่าง”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerល្វាង៑to be circular, in a circle
2Old Khmerវាង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerwa(a)ŋenclosure

Words derived from “ระหว่าง”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer wa(a)ŋ →Every word from Old Khmer វាង៑ →Every word from Old Khmer ល្វាង៑ →