Where does “วัตถุดำ” come from?

วัตถุดำ (Thai) comes from Thai วัตถุ, from Pali vatthu, from Sanskrit वस्तु, from Sanskrit वास्तु॑.

วัตถุดำ (Thai): black body; an idealized physical body that...

Definitions

  1. black body; an idealized physical body that...

Ancestry of “วัตถุดำ”, step by step

วัตถุดำ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai วัตถุ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiวัตถุobject; stuff
2Palivatthuobject; thing; reason; ground; story
3Sanskritवस्तुa thing; any really existing or abiding substance...
4Sanskritवास्तु॑—

via Thai ดำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiดำto dive; to plant; to transplant; black
2Proto-Taiɗamᴬto dive
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