Where does “ជីអាចម៍សត្វ” come from?
ជីអាចម៍សត្វ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សត្វ, from Sanskrit सत्त्व, from Sanskrit सत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns — real, true.
ជីអាចម៍សត្វ (Khmer): manure
Definitions
- manure
Ancestry of “ជីអាចម៍សត្វ”, step by step
ជីអាចម៍សត្វ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer សត្វ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សត្វ | animal; being, living creature; life |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सत्त्व | essence; goodness; spirit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सत् | being, existing, occurring, happening, being present |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hsáns | real, true |
via Khmer អាចម៍
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អាចម៍ | excrement; dung; filth; dirt; shit |
via Khmer ជី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជី | traditional Cambodian unit of weight, equal to 10 ហ៊ុន |