Where does “ກະຖາ” come from?

ກະຖາ (Lao) comes from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

ກະຖາ (Lao): treatise, elocution, words, story

Definitions

  1. treatise, elocution, words, story

Ancestry of “ກະຖາ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikathāspeech, story, talk
2Sanskritकथाstory
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →Every word from Sanskrit कथा →Every word from Pali kathā →