Where does “เจ้ากรรม” come from?

เจ้ากรรม (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.

เจ้ากรรม (Thai): used as an intensifier, modifying someone or something that brings or incurs trouble

Definitions

  1. used as an intensifier, modifying someone or something that brings or incurs trouble

Ancestry of “เจ้ากรรม”, step by step

เจ้ากรรม 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 เจ้า

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเจ้าgod; deity; guardian spirit; tutelary deity;...
2Proto-Tai*ɕɤwꟲmaster, owner
3Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kármaEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma