Where does “วาทกรรม” come from?

วาทกรรม (Thai) comes from Thai กรรม, from Pali kamma, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

วาทกรรม (Thai): discourse: expression in words

Definitions

  1. discourse: expression in words

Ancestry of “วาทกรรม”, step by step

วาทกรรม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กรรม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกรรมdeath; act; action; activity; conduct; deed;...
2Palikammadoing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma
3Sanskritकर्मन्act, action, performance, business; office,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryankárma
5Proto-Indo-Iraniankárma
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai วาท

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiวาทspeech; oral statement; utterance; speech;...
2Thaiที่at; to; on the site of; within; amidst; at the...
3Proto-Taidiːᴮplace, ground
4Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kármaEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma