Where does “ជានិច្ច” come from?

ជានិច្ច (Khmer) comes from Khmer និច្ច, from Pali nicca, from Sanskrit नित्य, from Proto-Indo-European nítyos — one's own; own.

ជានិច្ច (Khmer): always

Definitions

  1. always

Ancestry of “ជានិច្ច”, step by step

ជានិច្ច traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer និច្ច

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនិច្ចto be eternal, permanent, invariable, perpetual, immutable; unceasing, continuous, uninterrupted, constant
2Paliniccaconstant
3Sanskritनित्यeternal; everlasting, continual; constantly...
4Proto-Indo-Europeannítyosone's own; own

via Khmer ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
2Thaiช้ำbruised
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nítyos →Every word from Sanskrit नित्य →Every word from Pali nicca →
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