Where does “កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ” come from?
កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ, from Sanskrit प्रजा, from Sanskrit प्र-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (Khmer): Democratic Kampuchea
Definitions
- Democratic Kampuchea
Ancestry of “កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ”, step by step
កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ | democracy |
| 2 | Sanskrit | प्रजा | subject of a king, rule; procreation; offspring |
| 3 | Sanskrit | प्र- | forward, before; forward, forth; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pra- | forth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pra- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |