Where does “สามัญชน” come from?
สามัญชน (Thai) comes from Thai สามัญ, from Pali sāmañña, from Sanskrit समान, from Sanskrit मान, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
สามัญชน (Thai): commoner: person without rank, title, etc
Definitions
- commoner: person without rank, title, etc
Ancestry of “สามัญชน”, step by step
สามัญชน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สามัญ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สามัญ | common; general; ordinary |
| 2 | Pali | sāmañña | generality; equality; conformity; unity; company |
| 3 | Sanskrit | समान | One of the five vital airs; same, identical,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 5 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Thai ชน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ชน | to collide with; to converge a period; to make... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |