Where does “ក្ស័យ” come from?

ក្ស័យ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit क्षय, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰayás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gžʰayás, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

ក្ស័យ (Khmer): ruin, loss, destruction, ridding, extinction

Definitions

  1. ruin, loss, destruction, ridding, extinction

Ancestry of “ក្ស័យ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्षयdecay, corrosion; ruin, destruction; diminution,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryangẓʰayás—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniangžʰayás—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

Words derived from “ក្ស័យ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gžʰayás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰayás →
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