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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai งาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiงานjob; work; task; ngan, area of land equal to a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार