Where does “ແຜນການ” come from?
ແຜນການ (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.
ແຜນການ (Lao): plan (of work), program
Ancestry of “ແຜນການ”, step by step
ແຜນການ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lao ການ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lao | ການ | work, business; mission, responsibility, duty;... |
| 2 | Pali | kāra | deed; doing, manner; production, application |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कार | gain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |
via Lao ແຜນ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lao | ແຜນ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Southwestern Tai | pʰɛːnᴮ¹ | classifier of boards, flat objects, etc |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 片 | — |