Where does “ជនបទ” come from?
ជនបទ (Khmer) comes from Khmer បទ, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
ជនបទ (Khmer): settlement, remote hamlet, countryside, rural area
Definitions
- settlement, remote hamlet, countryside, rural area
Ancestry of “ជនបទ”, step by step
ជនបទ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer បទ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បទ | foot |
| 2 | Pali | pāda | foot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पाद | the foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pā́ts | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
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 |