Where does “កិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែង” come from?

កិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែង (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.

កិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែង (Khmer): effort, determination, exertion

Definitions

effort, determination, exertion

Ancestry of “កិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែង”, step by step

កិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer កិច្ច

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	កិច្ច	act, deed; affair, matter; task, work
2	Pali	kicca	that which ought to be done; duty, obligation;...
3	Sanskrit	कृत्य	‘to be done or performed’; practicable, feasible;...
4	Sanskrit	कृ	to make
5	Proto-Indo-European	kʷer-	to do; to make; to build

via Khmer ប្រឹងប្រែង

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ប្រឹងប្រែង	to try hard, to strive, to make a serious effort

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कृत्य →