Where does “ជនជាតិ” come from?
ជនជាតិ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជន, 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.
ជនជាតិ (Khmer): ethnicity
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Ancestry of “ជនជាតិ”, step by step
ជនជាតិ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ជន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជន | people, person, being, human being; hoop-net |
| 2 | Pali | jana | person; man; people |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Khmer ជាតិ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជាតិ | race; nationality, nation; birth, incarnation,... |
| 2 | Pali | jāti | birth; rebirth; lineage, family, caste |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जाति | birth, production; rebirth; the form of existence... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |