Where does “อ่อนวัย” come from?

อ่อนวัย (Thai) comes from Thai วัย, from Pali vaya, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

อ่อนวัย (Thai): young

Definitions

  1. young

Ancestry of “อ่อนวัย”, step by step

อ่อนวัย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai วัย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiวัยyears (of person's age)
2Palivaya—
3Sanskritवयस्age
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

via Thai อ่อน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอ่อนyoung; soft
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ʔɔːnᴮ¹—
3Proto-Taiʔwuːnᴮyoung; soft; young, soft
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Pali vaya →