Where does “การนำเข้า” come from?

การนำเข้า (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.

การนำเข้า (Thai): import

Definitions

  1. import

Ancestry of “การนำเข้า”, step by step

การนำเข้า 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 นำเข้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนำเข้าto import
2Thaiเข้าto move in or inwards: to come in, to go in, to...
3Proto-Tai*χawꟲto enter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार