Where does “สุวาน” come from?

สุวาน (Thai) comes from Pali suvāna, from Sanskrit श्वन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

สุวาน (Thai): dog; clerk of the hell, bearing the duty to keep...

Definitions

  1. dog; clerk of the hell, bearing the duty to keep...

Ancestry of “สุวาน”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palisuvānadog
2Sanskritश्वन्a dog, hound, cur
3Proto-Indo-Aryanśwā́—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianćwā́dog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćwā́ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan śwā́ →