Where does “สุขวิทยา” come from?

สุขวิทยา (Thai) comes from Thai สุข, from Sanskrit सुख, from Sanskrit सु-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

สุขวิทยา (Thai): hygiene

Definitions

  1. hygiene

Ancestry of “สุขวิทยา”, step by step

สุขวิทยา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai สุข

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสุขjoy; happiness; delight
2Sanskritसुखrunning swiftly or easily only applied to cars or chariots, superlative, easy
3Sanskritसु-good, well
4Proto-Indo-AryanHsu-
5Proto-Indo-IranianHsu-good
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast

via Thai วิทยา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiวิทยาscience; knowledge; learning; philosophy; -logy
2Sanskritविद्याknowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an...
3Sanskritशास्त्रshastra, scripture; science, knowledge
4Proto-Indo-Aryanśāstra
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-Every word from Sanskrit सु-