Where does “ជយោ” come from?

ជយោ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជ័យ, from Sanskrit जय, from Sanskrit कर्ता, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ជយោ (Khmer): hail, long live, hurrah, viva

Definitions

  1. hail, long live, hurrah, viva

Ancestry of “ជយោ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជ័យvictory
2Sanskritजयconquest, victory, triumph, winning, being...
3Sanskritकर्ताnominative singular of कर्तृ
4Sanskritकर्तृmaker; doer; agent; author one who does, makes, or acts
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कर्तृ →