Where does “การลงโทษ” come from?
การลงโทษ (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 “การลงโทษ”, step by step
การลงโทษ 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 ลงโทษ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ลงโทษ | to inflict or impose as a penalty |
| 2 | Thai | โทษ | punishment; penalty; crime; fault; mistake;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दोष | fault, deficiency; vice; blame |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dáwšas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |