Where does “គ្រូបង្រៀន” come from?

គ្រូបង្រៀន (Khmer) comes from Khmer គ្រូ, from Old Khmer គុរុ, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

គ្រូបង្រៀន (Khmer): teacher, instructor

Definitions

  1. teacher, instructor

Ancestry of “គ្រូបង្រៀន”, step by step

គ្រូបង្រៀន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer គ្រូ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerគ្រូteacher
2Old Khmerគុរុteacher, pedagogue; spiritual preceptor
3Sanskritगुरुheavy; weighty
4Proto-Indo-Aryangr̥Húṣ—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniangr̥Húšheavy
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
7Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via Khmer បង្រៀន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបង្រៀនto teach, instruct, train
2Khmerរៀនto study, practice
3Proto-Mon-Khmerriənto learn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš →