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

Definitions

  1. 0; center; nothingness

Ancestry of “ศูนย์”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerឝូន្យ—
2Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

Words derived from “ศูนย์”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH- →Every word from Sanskrit शून्य →Every word from Old Khmer ឝូន្យ →
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