Where does “การผ่าตัด” come from?

การผ่าตัด (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.

การผ่าตัด (Thai): operating; operation (on body)

Definitions

  1. operating; operation (on body)

Ancestry of “การผ่าตัด”, step by step

การผ่าตัด 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 ผ่าตัด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผ่าตัดto operate; to have an operation
2Thaiตัดto cut; to reduce; to cut across
3Proto-Taitacᴰto cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार