Where does “ຫ້ອງການ” come from?

ຫ້ອງການ (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.

ຫ້ອງການ (Lao): office

Definitions

  1. office

Ancestry of “ຫ້ອງການ”, step by step

ຫ້ອງການ 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 ຫ້ອງ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫ້ອງroom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →