Where does “สันตินิยม” come from?

สันตินิยม (Thai) comes from Thai นิยม, from Sanskrit नियम, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

สันตินิยม (Thai): pacifism

Definitions

  1. pacifism

Ancestry of “สันตินิยม”, step by step

สันตินิยม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นิยม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนิยมprinciple; theory; doctrine; popular; fashionable
2Sanskritनियमrestraining, checking, holding back, preventing,...
3Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandown, downwards; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

via Thai สันติ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสันติpeace; peacefulness, tranquility, calm, calmness,...
2Palisantipeace; tranquillity; present third-person plural...
3Sanskritशान्तिrest; alleviation, pacification, consolation;...
4Sanskritशम्to toil at, fatigue or exert one's self; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱemh₂-to toil, to exert oneself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European niEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Every word from Sanskrit नि-