Where does “การขุด” come from?

การขุด (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.

การขุด (Thai): digging; excavating; excavation

Definitions

การขุด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Thai	ขุด	to dig; to excavate
2	Middle Chinese	掘	—