Where does “ผู้อำนวยการ” come from?

ผู้อำนวยการ (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.

ผู้อำนวยการ (Thai): director: manager or chief executive of an organisation. Abbreviation

Definitions

  1. director: manager or chief executive of an organisation. Abbreviation

Ancestry of “ผู้อำนวยการ”, step by step

ผู้อำนวยการ 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 อำนวย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอำนวยto conduct (an orchestra, musical band, etc)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार