Where does “ให้การ” come from?
ให้การ (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.
ให้การ (Thai): to reply as a defendant, respondent, etc; to...
Definitions
- to reply as a defendant, respondent, etc; to...
Ancestry of “ให้การ”, step by step
ให้การ 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 ให้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ให้ | to give; to grant; to gratuitously give; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *haɰꟲ | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 許 | — |
Words derived from “ให้การ”