Where does “ជាមធ្យម” come from?

ជាមធ្យម (Khmer) comes from Khmer មធ្យម, from Sanskrit मध्यम, from Sanskrit मध्य॑, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

ជាមធ្យម (Khmer): on the average

Definitions

  1. on the average

Ancestry of “ជាមធ្យម”, step by step

ជាមធ្យម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer មធ្យម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមធ្យមto be average, middle, medium
2Sanskritमध्यमmiddlemost
3Sanskritमध्य॑—
4Proto-Indo-Aryanmádʰyas—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰyasmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Khmer ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
2Thaiช้ำbruised
Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →