Where does “นักธุรกิจ” come from?

นักธุรกิจ (Thai) comes from Thai ธุรกิจ, from Thai กิจ, from Pali kicca, from Sanskrit कृत्य, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

นักธุรกิจ (Thai): businessperson

Definitions

  1. businessperson

Ancestry of “นักธุรกิจ”, step by step

นักธุรกิจ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ธุรกิจ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiธุรกิจbusiness
2Thaiกิจduty; work
3Palikiccathat which ought to be done; duty, obligation;...
4Sanskritकृत्य‘to be done or performed’; practicable, feasible;...
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai นัก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนักan honorific for a member of the Khmer royalty or...
2Old Khmerʼnaka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कृत्य →