Where does “ການສົນທະນາ” come from?

ການສົນທະນາ (Lao) comes from Lao ການ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ການສົນທະນາ (Lao): conversation

Definitions

  1. conversation

Ancestry of “ການສົນທະນາ”, step by step

ການສົນທະນາ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ການ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoການwork, business; mission, responsibility, duty;...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Lao ສົນທະນາ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoສົນທະນາto converse, to talk, to chat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार