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
- pacifism
Ancestry of “สันตินิยม”, step by step
สันตินิยม 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 สันติ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สันติ | peace; peacefulness, tranquility, calm, calmness,... |
| 2 | Pali | santi | peace; tranquillity; present third-person plural... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शान्ति | rest; alleviation, pacification, consolation;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शम् | to toil at, fatigue or exert one's self; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱemh₂- | to toil, to exert oneself |