Where does “เมษายน” come from?

เมษายน (Thai) comes from Thai เมษ, from Sanskrit मेष, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European móysos — sheep, skin of sheep.

เมษายน (Thai): April the fourth month of the year under the Gregorian calendar

Definitions

  1. April the fourth month of the year under the Gregorian calendar

Ancestry of “เมษายน”, step by step

เมษายน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เมษ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเมษram; sheep
2Sanskritमेषram, sheep; fleece; anything woollen; the sign of...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmayšásram
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmóysossheep, skin of sheep

via Thai อายน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอายนarrival; arrival; circulation; progress; etc
Every word from Proto-Indo-European móysos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás →Every word from Sanskrit मेष →