Where does “คนทำงาน” come from?
คนทำงาน (Thai) comes from Thai ทำงาน, from Thai ทำ, from Thai กระทำ — to do; to perform; to carry out.
คนทำงาน (Thai): worker
Ancestry of “คนทำงาน”, step by step
คนทำงาน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ทำงาน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ทำงาน | to work |
| 2 | Thai | ทำ | to make; to do; to perform; to conduct; to carry... |
| 3 | Thai | กระทำ | to do; to perform; to carry out |
via Thai คน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | คน | person; people; human being; to stir; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | ɢwɯnᴬ | human being, person; human; person; human being;... |