Where does “การอุ้มบุญ” come from?
การอุ้มบุญ (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.
การอุ้มบุญ (Thai): Abstract noun of อุ้มบุญ
Ancestry of “การอุ้มบุญ”, step by step
การอุ้มบุญ 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 อุ้มบุญ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | อุ้มบุญ | to act as a surrogate mother |
| 2 | Thai | บุญ | delight; happiness; merit; favourable outcome of... |
| 3 | Pali | puñña | merit |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पुण्य | the good or right, virtue, purity, good work,... |