Where does “ជានុ” come from?

ជានុ (Khmer) comes from Pali jānu, from Sanskrit जानु, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

ជានុ (Khmer): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “ជានុ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palijānuknee
2Sanskritजानुknee; 32
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ā́nuknee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “ជានុ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu →Every word from Sanskrit जानु →