Where does “ចរន្តអគ្គិសនី” come from?

ចរន្តអគ្គិសនី (Khmer) comes from Khmer អគ្គិសនី, from Pali aggi, from Sanskrit अग्नि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- — to burn; fire.

ចរន្តអគ្គិសនី (Khmer): electric current

Definitions

  1. electric current

Ancestry of “ចរន្តអគ្គិសនី”, step by step

ចរន្តអគ្គិសនី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer អគ្គិសនី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអគ្គិសនីelectricity; electric, electrical
2Paliaggifire
3Sanskritअग्निfire, sacrificial fire; the number three; the...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHagníṣfire; Agni
5Proto-Indo-IranianHagníšfire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥gʷnisfire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁engʷ-to burn; fire

via Khmer ចរន្ត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerចរន្តcurrent (wind, water, electricity, etc.); flow
2Palicarantpresent active participle of carati
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hagníš →