Where does “การคลาน” come from?
การคลาน (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.
การคลาน (Thai): crawling
Ancestry of “การคลาน”, step by step
การคลาน 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 คลาน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | คลาน | to crawl |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɡ.lwɤːnᴬ | to crawl |