Where does “การว่ายน้ำ” come from?
การว่ายน้ำ (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 “การว่ายน้ำ”, step by step
การว่ายน้ำ 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 ว่ายน้ำ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ว่ายน้ำ | to swim in the water |
| 2 | Thai | น้ำ | water; any liquid or fluid; body of water, as... |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | *C̬.namꟲ | water |