Where does “กา” come from?

กา (Thai) comes from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

กา (Thai): crow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol

Definitions

  1. crow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol

Ancestry of “กา”, step by step

กา traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กากบาท

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
2Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
3Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
4Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
5Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
6Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Proto-Vietic ʔa-kaːʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticʔa-kaːʔfish
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkaʔfish

via Proto-Tai kaːᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taikaːᴬcrow

Words derived from “กา

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds