Where does “ក្តី” come from?

ក្តី (Khmer) comes from Old Khmer ក្តិ, from Sanskrit गति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gátiš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḿ̥tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

ក្តី (Khmer): affair, case, matter; lawsuit, litigation

Definitions

  1. affair, case, matter; lawsuit, litigation

Ancestry of “ក្តី”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerក្តិ—
2Sanskritगतिgoing, moving, gait, deportment, motion in...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniangátišgoing, motion
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḿ̥tis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “ក្តី”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḿ̥tis →