Where does “การขอทาน” come from?
การขอทาน (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.
การขอทาน (Thai): Abstract noun of ขอทาน
Ancestry of “การขอทาน”, step by step
การขอทาน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai การ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | การ | work; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to... |
| 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 Thai ขอทาน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ขอทาน | beggar: alms asker; to beg: to act as a beggar,... |
| 2 | Thai | ขอ | hook curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | xɔːᴬ | hook |