Where does “ผู้ว่าการ” come from?

ผู้ว่าการ (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.

ผู้ว่าการ (Thai): administrator; governor; ruler

Definitions

  1. administrator; governor; ruler

Ancestry of “ผู้ว่าการ”, step by step

ผู้ว่าการ traces back through 3 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 ผู้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiผู้person; people; male; those; those who
2Proto-Southwestern Taipʰuːᶜperson

via Thai ว่า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiว่าto say, to speak, to tell; to utter, to...
2Middle Chinese話—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →