Where does “កងពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ” come from?
កងពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer អគ្គីភ័យ, from Khmer ភ័យ, from Pali bhāya, from Sanskrit भय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayHás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- — to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut.
កងពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ (Khmer): fire brigade, fire department
Definitions
- fire brigade, fire department
Ancestry of “កងពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ”, step by step
កងពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អគ្គីភ័យ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អគ្គីភ័យ | fire, disaster caused by fire |
| 2 | Khmer | ភ័យ | fear, fright |
| 3 | Pali | bhāya | fear, fright |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भय | fear, alarm, dread; terror, dismay, danger,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *bʰayHás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyh₂- | to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut |
via Khmer កង
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កង | ring, circle |
via Khmer ពន្លត់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ពន្លត់ | to extinguish, to put out (a fire) |