Where does “ฤดูฝน” come from?
ฤดูฝน (Thai) comes from Thai ฝน, from Persian افیون, from Arabic أَفْيُون, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
ฤดูฝน (Thai): rainy season
Definitions
- rainy season
Ancestry of “ฤดูฝน”, step by step
ฤดูฝน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ฝน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ฝน | rain; year; to rub; to reduce to powder, sharpen,... |
| 2 | Persian | افیون | opium, poppy-juice |
| 3 | Arabic | أَفْيُون | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄπιον | poppy juice, opium |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Thai ฤดู
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ฤดู | moment; occasion; opportunity; period season;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ऋतु | any settled point of time, fixed time, time... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hr̥túš | fixed point of time, period, epoch; fixed order,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ér-tus ~ h₂r̥-téw-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |