Where does “ศูนย์สูตร” come from?
ศูนย์สูตร (Thai) comes from Thai ศูนย์, from Old Khmer ឝូន្យ, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
ศูนย์สูตร (Thai): equator
Ancestry of “ศูนย์สูตร”, step by step
ศูนย์สูตร traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ศูนย์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ศูนย์ | 0; center; nothingness |
| 2 | Old Khmer | ឝូន្យ | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |
via Thai สูตร
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สูตร | formula; sutra |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सूत्र | thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *syewH- | to sew |
Words derived from “ศูนย์สูตร”