Where does “สตรีนิยม” come from?
สตรีนิยม (Thai) comes from Thai นิยม, from Sanskrit नियम, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.
สตรีนิยม (Thai): feminism
Ancestry of “สตรีนิยม”, step by step
สตรีนิยม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai นิยม
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | นิยม | principle; theory; doctrine; popular; fashionable |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नियम | restraining, checking, holding back, preventing,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नि- | into; down; without, free of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ní | down, downwards; in, into |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ni | down |
via Thai สตรี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สตรี | woman |
| 2 | Sanskrit | स्त्री | a woman, female; wife; the female of any animal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stríH | a woman |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |