Where does “อีแก่” come from?
อีแก่ (Thai) comes from Thai อี, from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.
อีแก่ (Thai): old maid; old woman; ekae
Definitions
- old maid; old woman; ekae
Ancestry of “อีแก่”, step by step
อีแก่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai อี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | อี | used as a title for a female animal; used as a... |
| 2 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 3 | Old English | E | — |
| 4 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |