Does Thorns damage trigger Area Damage?

Will Thorns damage trigger the Area Damage effect?

If an enemy hits me and takes Thorns damage, does it have a chance to trigger the Area Damage on the creature that took the Thorns damage?

Solution 1:

According to the extensive testing and research done for this article, it states that:

AD cannot be procced from thorns damage.

This article was also advertised on the official Diablo 3 website.

Solution 2:

While I can't give you a definitive answer, from research and the internet it would appear that it does not. Look at this post on the D3 forums. To sum up: You can't proc from a proc.