Where does “ทางการ” come from?

ทางการ (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.

ทางการ (Thai): government; government agency; government authority; public sector

Definitions

  1. government; government agency; government authority; public sector

Ancestry of “ทางการ”, step by step

ทางการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai ทาง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทางway, route, or course for travel; opportunity;...
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese

Words derived from “ทางการ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार