Where does “โภชนาการ” come from?
โภชนาการ (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.
โภชนาการ (Thai): nutrition
Ancestry of “โภชนาการ”, step by step
โภชนาการ 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 โภชนา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | โภชนา | nutrition |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भोजन | the act of enjoying, using; the act of eating; a... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भुज् | to bend, curve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |