Where does “ជន” come from?
ជន (Khmer) comes from Pali jana, from Sanskrit जन, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ជន (Khmer): people, person, being, human being; hoop-net
Definitions
- people, person, being, human being; hoop-net
Ancestry of “ជន”, step by step
ជន traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali jana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | jana | person; man; people |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |