Where does “การงาน” come from?
การงาน (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.
การงาน (Thai): anything done or to be done: work, deed, undertaking, business, enterprise, project, affair, etc
Definitions
- anything done or to be done: work, deed, undertaking, business, enterprise, project, affair, etc
Ancestry of “การงาน”, step by step
การงาน 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 งาน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | งาน | job; work; task; ngan, area of land equal to a... |