Where does “สูญเสีย” come from?

สูญเสีย (Thai) comes from Thai สูญ, from Pali suñña, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

สูญเสีย (Thai): to lose (someone or something dear)

Definitions

  1. to lose (someone or something dear)

Ancestry of “สูญเสีย”, step by step

สูญเสีย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai สูญ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสูญto vanish; to disappear; empty; void
2Palisuññaempty; void
3Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

via Thai เสีย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสียto degenerate; to deteriorate; to worsen; to...
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