Where does “ศูนย์ถ่วง” come from?

ศูนย์ถ่วง (Thai) comes from Thai ศูนย์, from Old Khmer ឝូន្យ, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

ศูนย์ถ่วง (Thai): center of gravity

Definitions

  1. center of gravity

Ancestry of “ศูนย์ถ่วง”, step by step

ศูนย์ถ่วง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ศูนย์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศูนย์0; center; nothingness
2Old Khmerឝូន្យ—
3Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

via Thai ถ่วง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiถ่วงto weight down
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH- →Every word from Sanskrit शून्य →Every word from Old Khmer ឝូន្យ →