Where does “เอเชียใต้” come from?
เอเชียใต้ (Thai) comes from Thai ใต้, from Thai ฝ่า, from Thai ละออง, from Thai ธุลี, from Sanskrit धूलि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰuHliṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰuHliš, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂lis — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “เอเชียใต้”, step by step
เอเชียใต้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ใต้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ใต้ | south; south; southern; southward; inferior;... |
| 2 | Thai | ฝ่า | palm of the hand; sole of the foot; to go... |
| 3 | Thai | ละออง | fine particles; dust; powder |
| 4 | Thai | ธุลี | dust |
| 5 | Sanskrit | धूलि | dust, powder, pollen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | dʰuHliṣ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰuHliš | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂lis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Thai เอเชีย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | เอเชีย | Asian |
| 2 | English | Asia | A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius |
| 3 | Middle English | Asia | — |
| 4 | Latin | Āsia | A kind of rye |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσία | Asia Minor; Asia; Asia |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 7 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |