Where does “ไชโย” come from?
ไชโย (Thai) comes from Thai ชัย, from Pali jāyā, from Sanskrit जय, from Sanskrit कर्ता, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
ไชโย (Thai): cheers!
Ancestry of “ไชโย”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | ชัย | victory; royal barge serving as the presiding... |
| 2 | Pali | jāyā | wife |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जय | conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कर्ता | nominative singular of कर्तृ |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कर्तृ | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |