Where does “การขโมย” come from?
การขโมย (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.
การขโมย (Thai): stealing
Ancestry of “การขโมย”, step by step
การขโมย 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 ขโมย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ขโมย | thief; to steal |
| 2 | Khmer | ខ្មោយ | — |