Where does “สัตว์นรก” come from?
สัตว์นรก (Thai) comes from Thai สัตว์, from Sanskrit सत्त्व, from Sanskrit सत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns — real, true.
สัตว์นรก (Thai): creature punished in hell for a sin; hellspawn
Definitions
- creature punished in hell for a sin; hellspawn
Ancestry of “สัตว์นรก”, step by step
สัตว์นรก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สัตว์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สัตว์ | animal; being; creature; living thing; extremely;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सत्त्व | essence; goodness; spirit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सत् | being, existing, occurring, happening, being present |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hsáns | real, true |
via Thai นรก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | นรก | "naraka": realm in which beings are born and... |
| 2 | Pali | naraka | purgatory, hell |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नरक | hell |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |