Where does “วันชาติ” come from?

วันชาติ (Thai) comes from Thai ชาติ, from Pali jāti, from Sanskrit जाति, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

วันชาติ (Thai): national day

Definitions

  1. national day

Ancestry of “วันชาติ”, step by step

วันชาติ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ชาติ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชาติlife; birth; ancestry, parentage
2Palijātibirth; rebirth; lineage, family, caste
3Sanskritजातिbirth, production; rebirth; the form of existence...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Thai วัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiวันday; daytime; today
2Sanskritवनa tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
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