Where does “ศูนย์การค้า” come from?

ศูนย์การค้า (Thai) comes from Thai การค้า, from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ศูนย์การค้า (Thai): shopping centre

Definitions

  1. shopping centre

Ancestry of “ศูนย์การค้า”, step by step

ศูนย์การค้า traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การค้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการค้า—
2Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
3Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
4Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai ศูนย์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศูนย์0; center; nothingness
2Old Khmerឝូន្យ—
3Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कार →