Where does “สุโขทัย” come from?
สุโขทัย (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.
Ancestry of “สุโขทัย”, step by step
สุโขทัย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สุข
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สุข | joy; happiness; delight |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सुख | running swiftly or easily only applied to cars or chariots, superlative, easy |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सु- | good, well |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hsu- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hsu- | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁su- | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wes- | good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast |