Where does “ປາກກາ” come from?
ປາກກາ (Lao) comes from Thai ปากกา, from Thai คม, from Thai กว่า, from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
ປາກກາ (Lao): pen (for writing)
Definitions
- pen (for writing)
Ancestry of “ປາກກາ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ปากกา | pen: instrument for writing or drawing with ink... |
| 2 | Thai | คม | to perform a "wai"; to greet with respect; to pay... |
| 3 | Thai | กว่า | away; off |
| 4 | Thai | ปาก | mouth; brim |
| 5 | Thai | กา | crow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol |
| 6 | Thai | กากบาท | cross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark |
| 7 | Thai | บาท | priest; foot; an honorific for or term of address... |
| 8 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |