Where does “สอนหนังสือสังฆราช” come from?
สอนหนังสือสังฆราช (Thai) comes from Thai สังฆราช, from Thai ราช, from Old Khmer រាជ, from Sanskrit राज, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
สอนหนังสือสังฆราช (Thai): to teach grandmother to suck eggs
Definitions
- to teach grandmother to suck eggs
Ancestry of “สอนหนังสือสังฆราช”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | สังฆราช | supreme patriarch: leader of a national Buddhist... |
| 2 | Thai | ราช | king: male monarch or sovereign; chief, lord,... |
| 3 | Old Khmer | រាជ | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | राज | king; chief; sovereign |
| 5 | Sanskrit | राजन् | a king, sovereign, prince, chief; a man of the... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrā́ȷ́ā | king |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrā́ȷ́ā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |