Where does “Proto-Chamic” come from?
Proto-Chamic (English) comes from English proto, from English proto-, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Proto-Chamic (English): A proposed common ancestor to the group of Chamic languages
Definitions
- A proposed common ancestor to the group of Chamic languages
Ancestry of “Proto-Chamic”, step by step
Proto-Chamic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Chamic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chamic | Of or relating to a subgroup of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in Aceh (Sumatra, Indonesia) and in parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan, China |
| 2 | English | Cham | An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam;... |
| 3 | French | cham | Cham; khan |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | خان | inn, caravanserai; khan |
| 5 | Classical Persian | خان | — |
| 6 | Old Turkic | 𐰴𐰣 | — |
| 7 | Old Turkic | 𐰴𐰍𐰣 | khagan; king; ruler |
| 8 | English | kagan | Alternative spelling of khagan |