Where does “ញាតិមិត្តនិយម” come from?

ញាតិមិត្តនិយម (Khmer) comes from Khmer មិត្ត, from Pali mitta, from Sanskrit मित्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mitrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mitrás, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

ញាតិមិត្តនិយម (Khmer): nepotism

Definitions

  1. nepotism

Ancestry of “ញាតិមិត្តនិយម”, step by step

ញាតិមិត្តនិយម traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer មិត្ត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមិត្តfriend; comrade
2Palimittafriend; friendship
3Sanskritमित्रa friend, companion, associate; the sun;...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanmitrásfriend
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmitráscovenant; treaty; agreement
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Khmer និយម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនិយមprinciple, theory, doctrine, -ism
2Sanskritनियमrestraining, checking, holding back, preventing,...
3Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
4Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

via Khmer ញាតិ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerញាតិrelatives; family
2Paliñātifamily
3Sanskritज्ञातिkinsman, relative
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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