Where does “ជនវាទ” come from?
ជនវាទ (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.
ជនវាទ (Khmer): rumor
Definitions
- rumor
Ancestry of “ជនវាទ”, step by step
ជនវាទ 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 |