Where does “ជននាថ” come from?

ជននាថ (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.

ជននាថ (Khmer): king, ruler

Definitions

  1. king, ruler

Ancestry of “ជននាថ”, step by step

ជននាថ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជនpeople, person, being, human being; hoop-net
2Palijanaperson; man; people
3Sanskritजनgenerating; person, human being, human; race,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ánHas
5Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ánHasrace, group of people
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónh₁osbirth; offspring
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Khmer នាថ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនាថchief; head; protector; leader
2Palināthaprotector
3Sanskritनाथrefuge, help, resort; protector, patron,...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHnaHtʰás
5Proto-Indo-IranianHnaHtʰás
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₂-to enjoy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónh₁osEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHas