Where does “Calma” come from?
Calma (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan kalma, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
Ancestry of “Calma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Kapampangan | kalma | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कर्मन् | act, action, performance, business; office,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kárma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kárma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |