Where does “ศาลเจ้า” come from?

ศาลเจ้า (Thai) comes from Thai ศาล, from Thai ไพศาล, from Sanskrit विशाल, from Sanskrit वि-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

ศาลเจ้า (Thai): shrine (especially in Chinese folk religion, Shinto, Vietnamese folk religion, folk religions in Thailand and Laos)

Definitions

  1. shrine (especially in Chinese folk religion, Shinto, Vietnamese folk religion, folk religions in Thailand and Laos)

Ancestry of “ศาลเจ้า”, step by step

ศาลเจ้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ศาล

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศาลcourt; tribunal; shrine; Clipping of ไพศาล
2Thaiไพศาลlarge
3Sanskritविशालspacious, extensive, broad, wide, large; great,...
4Sanskritवि-Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

via Thai เจ้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเจ้าgod; deity; guardian spirit; tutelary deity;...
2Proto-Tai*ɕɤwꟲmaster, owner
3Middle Chinese主—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Sanskrit वि- →Every word from Sanskrit विशाल →