Where does “ករណីយកិច្ច” come from?

ករណីយកិច្ច (Khmer) comes from Khmer កិច្ច, from Pali kicca, from Sanskrit कृत्य, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ករណីយកិច្ច (Khmer): duty, function, role, obligation

Definitions

  1. duty, function, role, obligation

Ancestry of “ករណីយកិច្ច”, step by step

ករណីយកិច្ច traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer កិច្ច

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកិច្ចact, deed; affair, matter; task, work
2Palikiccathat which ought to be done; duty, obligation;...
3Sanskritकृत्य‘to be done or performed’; practicable, feasible;...
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Khmer ករណីយ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerករណីយ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कृत्य