Where does “เมถุน” come from?

เมถุน (Thai) comes from Pali methuna, from Sanskrit मैथुन — sex, sexual intercourse; copulation.

เมถุน (Thai): copulation; sexual intercourse; pair; couple

Definitions

  1. copulation; sexual intercourse; pair; couple

Ancestry of “เมถุน”, step by step

เมถุน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali methuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimethunacoupling; copulation
2Sanskritमैथुनsex, sexual intercourse; copulation

via Sanskrit मिथुन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमिथुनpaired, forming a pair; a pair; pairing,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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