Where does “วัยเด็ก” come from?

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

วัยเด็ก (Thai): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “วัยเด็ก”, step by step

วัยเด็ก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai วัย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiวัยyears (of person's age)
2Palivaya—
3Sanskritवयस्age
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

via Thai เด็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเด็กchild: person below the age of adulthood; young...
2Proto-Taiɗekᴰchild
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Pali vaya →