Where does “สมัย” come from?
สมัย (Thai) comes from Pali samaya, from Sanskrit समय, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
สมัย (Thai): time; era
Ancestry of “สมัย”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | samaya | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | समय | coming together, meeting or a place of meeting;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आस | ashes; dust; past of अस् : was |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |