Where does “គុណធម៌” come from?
គុណធម៌ (Khmer) comes from Khmer គុណ, from Pali guṇa, from Pali sikkhā, from Sanskrit शिक्षा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćikš- — to learn.
គុណធម៌ (Khmer): virtue; kindness
Ancestry of “គុណធម៌”, step by step
គុណធម៌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer គុណ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | គុណ | to multiply, increase; progress; class, stage |
| 2 | Pali | guṇa | string, cord; quality, attribute; especially a... |
| 3 | Pali | sikkhā | study, discipline; phonetics |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शिक्षा | learning, study; knowledge, art, skill |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćikš- | to learn |
via Khmer ធម៌
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ធម៌ | behaviour; character; dharma |
| 2 | Sanskrit | धर्म | morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰármas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |