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

  1. pen (for writing)

Ancestry of “ປາກກາ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปากกาpen: instrument for writing or drawing with ink...
2Thaiคมto perform a "wai"; to greet with respect; to pay...
3Thaiกว่าaway; off
4Thaiปากmouth; brim
5Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
6Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
7Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
8Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
9Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
10Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
11Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
14Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds