Where does “ต้องการ” come from?

ต้องการ (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.

ต้องการ (Thai): to need; to want; to wish; to desire; to yearn;...

Definitions

ต้องการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Thai	ต้อง	have to; must; to be required to; to be...