Where does “ជីវាណូ” come from?

ជីវាណូ (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.

ជីវាណូ (Khmer): germ, microorganism

Definitions

  1. germ, microorganism

Ancestry of “ជីវាណូ”, step by step

ជីវាណូ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជីវៈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជីវៈlife; existence
2Palijīvalife
3Sanskritजीवalive, living; life, existence; any living being,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́iHwás—
5Proto-Indo-IranianǰiHwásalive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Khmer អណូ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអណូparticle
2Paliaṇu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰiHwás →