Where does “ไปมา” come from?

ไปมา (Thai) comes from Thai มา, from Pali mā, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.

ไปมา (Thai): back and forth; to and fro

Definitions

  1. back and forth; to and fro

Ancestry of “ไปมา”, step by step

ไปมา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai มา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมาto move or come (towards the speaker's direction); to arrive
2Palimādo not; mother; moon
3Sanskritमाdon't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,...
4Proto-IranianmáH—
5Proto-Indo-IranianmaHdo not; prohibitive particle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁prohibitive particle

via Thai ไป

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไปto go; to move (away from the speaker); to leave; to depart
2Proto-Taipajᴬto go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH →Every word from Proto-Iranian máH →