Where does “พิธีการ” come from?
พิธีการ (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.
พิธีการ (Thai): ceremony
Ancestry of “พิธีการ”, step by step
พิธีการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai การ
| 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 |
via Thai พิธี
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | พิธี | ritual, rite, ceremony |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विधि | worshipper; rule, formula; law |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विधा | to bring about, effect, accomplish |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वि- | Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |