Where does “อะไร” come from?

อะไร (Thai) comes from Thai ไร, from Thai ใคร — who; which person; what person?.

อะไร (Thai): what?; something; anything; whatever

Definitions

  1. what?; something; anything; whatever

Ancestry of “อะไร”, step by step

อะไร traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไร

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไรhow; what; which; when; why; what; approximate;...
2Thaiใครwho; which person; what person?

via Thai อัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอันitem; piece; one
2Proto-Taiʔalᴬ"classifier for things"

Words derived from “อะไร”

Every word from Thai ใคร →Every word from Thai ไร →