Where does “ศีลธรรม” come from?
ศีลธรรม (Thai) comes from Thai ธรรม, from Sanskrit धर्म, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.
ศีลธรรม (Thai): morals; morality; moral code
Definitions
- morals; morality; moral code
Ancestry of “ศีลธรรม”, step by step
ศีลธรรม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ธรรม
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ธรรม | dharma; doctrine |
| 2 | Sanskrit | धर्म | morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰármas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via Thai ศีล
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ศีล | precept; morality |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शील | conduct, disposition, nature, tendency; custom,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शी | to lie down |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |