Where does “ជគត” come from?

ជគត (Khmer) comes from Pali jagat, from Sanskrit जगत्, from Sanskrit गम्, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

ជគត (Khmer): human, human being, man

Definitions

  1. human, human being, man

Ancestry of “ជគត”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palijagat—
2Sanskritजगत्wind, air; the world, the universe; body, the...
3Sanskritगम्to go, move, come
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Sanskrit गम् →Every word from Sanskrit जगत् →