Where does “ख्मेर” come from?

ख्मेर (Hindi) comes from English Khmer, from Irish -is, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

ख्मेर (Hindi): Khmer person

Definitions

  1. Khmer person

Ancestry of “ख्मेर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKhmerThe national language of Cambodia, part of the...
2Irish-is-ish, -ese; inflection of -eas: ##...
3Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Proto-Celtic-assus—
5Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus →Every word from Irish -is →Every word from Old Irish -as →
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