Where does “อัญพจน์” come from?
อัญพจน์ (Thai) comes from Thai พจน์, from Pali vacana, from Sanskrit वचन, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
อัญพจน์ (Thai): quote
Ancestry of “อัญพจน์”, step by step
อัญพจน์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai พจน์
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | พจน์ | word; speech; number |
| 2 | Pali | vacana | utterance |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वचन | speaking; eloquent; speaking, utterance |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via Thai อัญ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | อัญ | other, different |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अन्य | other, different; other than, different from,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hanyás | other |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en | there |