Where does “วัยเยาว์” come from?

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

วัยเยาว์ (Thai): childhood years

Definitions

  1. childhood years

Ancestry of “วัยเยาว์”, step by step

วัยเยาว์ 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 เยาว์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเยาว์young; youthful
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Pali vaya →