Where does “วันเกิด” come from?
วันเกิด (Thai) comes from Thai วัน, from Sanskrit वन, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
วันเกิด (Thai): birthday
Ancestry of “วันเกิด”, step by step
วันเกิด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai วัน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | วัน | day; daytime; today |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वन | a tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wen- | to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to... |
via Thai เกิด
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | เกิด | to come into being: to be born, to rise, to... |
| 2 | Old Khmer | កេត៑ | to issue, to emerge; to be born; (of sun) to rise |
Words derived from “วันเกิด”