Where does “ศูนย์” come from?
ศูนย์ (Thai) comes from Old Khmer ឝូន្យ, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
ศูนย์ (Thai): 0; center; nothingness
Ancestry of “ศูนย์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Khmer | ឝូន្យ | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |