Where does “การเฝ้า” come from?
การเฝ้า (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 “การเฝ้า”, step by step
การเฝ้า 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 เฝ้า
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | เฝ้า | to have an audience (with), to meet, to see, to present oneself (before), to enter the presence (of), to wait (on), to attend, to tend, or to serve (a god, high priest, royal person, person in authority, etc) |