Where does “วัย” come from?

วัย (Thai) comes from Pali vaya, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

วัย (Thai): years (of person's age)

Definitions

  1. years (of person's age)

Ancestry of “วัย”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palivaya—
2Sanskritवयस्age
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

Words derived from “วัย”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Pali vaya →