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Where does “ราชอาณาจักรไทย” come from?

ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thai) comes from Thai ราชอาณาจักร, from Thai อาณาจักร, from Thai จักร, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat — who.

Ancestry of “ราชอาณาจักรไทย”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiราชอาณาจักรkingdom
2Thaiอาณาจักรkingdom; territory; realm; domain; dominion;...
3Thaiจักรwheel, circle, disk, discus; gear; chakra
4Sanskritचक्रthe wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp...
5Palivatti
6GermanWattintertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast...
7Middle Low Germanwatwhat
8Old Saxonhwatwhat; lo!, what!, indeed!
9Proto-West Germanichwatwhat
10Proto-Germanichwatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
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