Where does “การประมาณ” come from?
การประมาณ (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 “การประมาณ”, step by step
การประมาณ 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 ประมาณ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ประมาณ | to measure, to determine; to approximate, to... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | प्रमाण | proof, authority; any proof, testimony, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pramaHnam | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *meh₁nom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |