Where does “การกินเด็ก” come from?

การกินเด็ก (Thai) comes from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

การกินเด็ก (Thai): Abstract noun of กินเด็ก

Definitions

  1. Abstract noun of กินเด็ก

Ancestry of “การกินเด็ก”, step by step

การกินเด็ก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
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 Thai กินเด็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกินเด็กto rob the cradle: to have a romantic or sexual...
2Thaiกินto consume; to wrongfully accept, take, or...
3Proto-Taikɯɲᴬto eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →