Where does “สายตายาว” come from?

สายตายาว (Thai) comes from Thai ยาว, from Thai กว่า, from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

สายตายาว (Thai): hyperopia; farsightedness

Definitions

  1. hyperopia; farsightedness

Ancestry of “สายตายาว”, step by step

สายตายาว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาวlong
2Thaiกว่าaway; off
3Thaiปากmouth; brim
4Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
5Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
6Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
7Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
8Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
9Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
10Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
13Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai สายตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสายตาeyesight; sight; vision
2Thaiตาmaternal grandfather; eye; time; turn; moment
3Proto-Taitaːᴬmaternal grandfather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds