Where does “อาน” come from?

อาน (Thai) comes from Pali āṇā, from Sanskrit आज्ञा, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

อาน (Thai): saddle; painfully; heavily; dreadfully

Definitions

  1. saddle; painfully; heavily; dreadfully

Ancestry of “อาน”, step by step

อาน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali āṇā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliāṇāorder, command, authority; order; command;...
2Sanskritआज्ञाorder, command; authority, unlimited power; name...
3Sanskritज्ञाto know
4Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́naH-
5Proto-Indo-IranianǰnaH-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Khmer អាន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអានto sharpen; to whet; saddle for horses; to read...
2Thaiอ่านto read; to count
3Proto-Taiʔaːnᴮto recite

via Proto-Tai ʔaːnᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taiʔaːnᴬsaddle
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-