Where does “ជីវជាតិ” come from?
ជីវជាតិ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជីវៈ, from Pali jīva, from Sanskrit जीव, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iHwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰiHwás, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
ជីវជាតិ (Khmer): lemongrass
Definitions
- lemongrass
Ancestry of “ជីវជាតិ”, step by step
ជីវជាតិ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ជីវៈ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជីវៈ | life; existence |
| 2 | Pali | jīva | life |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जीव | alive, living; life, existence; any living being,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́iHwás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰiHwás | alive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via Khmer ជាតិ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជាតិ | race; nationality, nation; birth, incarnation,... |
| 2 | Pali | jāti | birth; rebirth; lineage, family, caste |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जाति | birth, production; rebirth; the form of existence... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |