Where does “คำให้การ” come from?
คำให้การ (Thai) comes from Thai ให้การ, from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
คำให้การ (Thai): statement, evidence, or testimony given in court...
Definitions
- statement, evidence, or testimony given in court...
Ancestry of “คำให้การ”, step by step
คำให้การ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ให้การ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ให้การ | to reply as a defendant, respondent, etc; to... |
| 2 | Thai | การ | work; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to... |
| 3 | Pali | kāra | deed; doing, manner; production, application |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कार | gain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |