Where does “การทำนาบนหลังคน” come from?
การทำนาบนหลังคน (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.
Ancestry of “การทำนาบนหลังคน”, step by step
การทำนาบนหลังคน 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 ทำนาบนหลังคน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ทำนาบนหลังคน | to derive benefit from other's suffering; to make money from other's suffering; to enrich oneself at other's expense; to make money by oppressive means |
| 2 | Thai | บน | on; up; upon; above; over; upper; high; higher;... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *bini | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *binahi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | bahi | female, woman |