Where does “គោលការណ៍” come from?
គោលការណ៍ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ការណ៍, from Pali kāraṇa, from Sanskrit कारण, from Sanskrit करण, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
គោលការណ៍ (Khmer): principle, basis, fundamental idea
Definitions
- principle, basis, fundamental idea
Ancestry of “គោលការណ៍”, step by step
គោលការណ៍ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ការណ៍
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ការណ៍ | deed; action; event; cause |
| 2 | Pali | kāraṇa | case, matter; cause, motive, reason, root; etc |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कारण | cause or reason of anything; instrument, means;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | करण | doing, making, effecting, causing; clever,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |
via Khmer គោល
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | គោល | sphere, ball, round object |