Etymograph

English

chedi

Chedi comes from Thai เจดีย์ ‘pagoda, chedi, stupa’, from Sanskrit चैत्य ‘hall, temple, or place of worship’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pile up’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pile up’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEचिताcitā‘funeral pile’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEचैत्यcaitya‘hall, temple, or place of worship’
  4. Palimoderncetiya‘pagoda’
  5. Thaimodernเจดีย์jee-dii‘pagoda, chedi, stupa’
  6. Englishtodaychedi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pile up’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEचिताcitā‘funeral pile’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEचैत्यcaitya‘hall, temple, or place of worship’
  4. Palimoderncetiya‘pagoda’
  5. Thaimodernเจดีย์jee-dii‘pagoda, chedi, stupa’
  6. Englishtodaychedi

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pile up’

pain, penalty, poetry, punishment, poem, poet, pine, punish, titanium, penal, punitive, subpoena, impunity, whey, onomatopoeia, 21 more

Today it means

noun A Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- / chedi

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