Where does “khmerinkielinen” come from?
khmerinkielinen (Finnish) comes from English Khmer, from Irish -is, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.
khmerinkielinen (Finnish): Khmer expressed in Khmer language
Definitions
- Khmer expressed in Khmer language
Ancestry of “khmerinkielinen”, step by step
khmerinkielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Khmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Khmer | The national language of Cambodia, part of the... |
| 2 | Irish | -is | -ish, -ese; inflection of -eas:
##... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -as | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -assus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ad-tus | — |
via Finnish kielinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kielinen | being of a language; used mainly as head word in... |
| 2 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |