Where does “ក្បៀសឆ្លងពាក្យ” come from?
ក្បៀសឆ្លងពាក្យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពាក្យ, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
ក្បៀសឆ្លងពាក្យ (Khmer): dash, hyphen
Definitions
- dash, hyphen
Ancestry of “ក្បៀសឆ្លងពាក្យ”, step by step
ក្បៀសឆ្លងពាក្យ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ពាក្យ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ពាក្យ | word, term; utterance, expression, phrase; speech |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वाक्य | speech, saying, assertion, statement, command,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via Khmer ឆ្លង
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ឆ្លង | to cross; to celebrate |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | clɔɔŋ | to cross; to pass |
via Khmer ក្បៀស
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ក្បៀស | to rasp, scrape off, wipe off |