Where does “ជោគជ័យ” come from?

ជោគជ័យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជ័យ, from Sanskrit जय, from Sanskrit कर्ता, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

ជោគជ័យ (Khmer): success

Definitions

  1. success

Ancestry of “ជោគជ័យ”, step by step

ជោគជ័យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជ័យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជ័យvictory
2Sanskritजयconquest, victory, triumph, winning, being...
3Sanskritकर्ताnominative singular of कर्तृ
4Sanskritकर्तृmaker; doer; agent; author one who does, makes, or acts
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Khmer ជោគ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជោគsuccess, good luck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कर्तृ