Where does “การละเว้น” come from?
การละเว้น (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 “การละเว้น”, step by step
การละเว้น 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 ละเว้น
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ละเว้น | to refrain (from), to omit, to forbear, to withhold; to spare, to give quarter (to) |
| 2 | Thai | ละ | to vacate; to depart; to leave; to abandon; to... |
| 3 | Thai | แล้ว | to end; to come to an end; to complete; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | *leːwꟲ | — |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 了 | — |