Where does “การสูญพันธุ์” come from?

การสูญพันธุ์ (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.

การสูญพันธุ์ (Thai): extinction

Definitions

  1. extinction

Ancestry of “การสูญพันธุ์”, step by step

การสูญพันธุ์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai สูญพันธุ์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสูญพันธุ์to die out; to undergo extinction
2Thaiสูญto vanish; to disappear; empty; void
3Palisuññaempty; void
4Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार