Where does “ជននិគម” come from?
ជននិគម (Khmer) comes from Khmer និគម, from Pali nigama, from Sanskrit निगम, from Sanskrit गम, from Sanskrit गम्य, from Sanskrit स्थान, from Pali ṭhāna, from Sanskrit स्तन — to stand.
ជននិគម (Khmer): immigrant, settler, colonist
Definitions
- immigrant, settler, colonist
Ancestry of “ជននិគម”, step by step
ជននិគម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer និគម
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | និគម | settlement; town; district |
| 2 | Pali | nigama | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | निगम | caravan, merchant-group |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गम | going |
| 5 | Sanskrit | गम्य | accessible |
| 6 | Sanskrit | स्थान | the act of standing, standing firmly, being fixed... |
| 7 | Pali | ṭhāna | place; state, -hood; reason |
| 8 | Sanskrit | स्तन | the female breast (either human or animal), teat, udder |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pstánas | breast; teat, nipple |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pstḗn | breast, teat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₂ǵ-sth₂-ḗn | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
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 |