Where does “การสวด” come from?
การสวด (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 “การสวด”, step by step
การสวด 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 สวด
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สวด | to recite; to chant; to intone; to scold; to... |
| 2 | Old Khmer | svat | to recite; to chant; to intone |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | svatъ | father of one of the newlyweds |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swe- | self |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |