Where does “การเกาะ” come from?
การเกาะ (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 “การเกาะ”, step by step
การเกาะ 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 เกาะ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | เกาะ | tract of land surrounded by water: isle, island,... |
| 2 | Khmer | កោះ | island; to subpoena, to call someone with a court... |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | tkɔɔʔ | island |