Where does “ក្រោធ” come from?

ក្រោធ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit क्रोध, from Sanskrit क्रुध्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian krawdʰ- — to be angry, enraged.

ក្រោធ (Khmer): anger, fury

Definitions

  1. anger, fury

Ancestry of “ក្រោធ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्रोधanger, wrath
2Sanskritक्रुध्to become angry, be wrathful
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankrawdʰ-to be angry, enraged
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian krawdʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit क्रुध् →Every word from Sanskrit क्रोध →
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