Where does “គ្មានមេត្តា” come from?
គ្មានមេត្តា (Khmer) comes from Khmer គ្មាន, from Khmer មាន, from Pali māna, from Sanskrit मान, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
គ្មានមេត្តា (Khmer): (to be) ruthless
Definitions
- (to be) ruthless
Ancestry of “គ្មានមេត្តា”, step by step
គ្មានមេត្តា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer គ្មាន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | គ្មាន | not to have, there is/are not |
| 2 | Khmer | មាន | to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there... |
| 3 | Pali | māna | pride; conceit |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 5 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Khmer មេត្តា
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | មេត្តា | mercy; compassion |
| 2 | Pali | mettā | loving-kindness |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मैत्री | friendship |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मैत्र | friendly, benevolent; friendship |
| 5 | Sanskrit | मित्र | a friend, companion, associate; the sun;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | mitrás | friend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mitrás | covenant; treaty; agreement |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |