Where does “การรับของโจร” come from?

การรับของโจร (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 “การรับของโจร”, step by step

การรับของโจร 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 รับของโจร

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Thai	รับของโจร	handling stolen goods
2	Thai	ของโจร	stolen goods
3	Thai	โจร	thief
4	Sanskrit	चोर	thief, robber
5	Sanskrit	चुर्	to steal; to rob; to cause to disappear

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →