Where does “ដូរ្យដន្ត្រី” come from?

ដូរ្យដន្ត្រី (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit तूर्य, from Sanskrit तन्त्री, from Sanskrit तन्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

ដូរ្យដន្ត្រី (Khmer): musical instrument

Definitions

  1. musical instrument

Ancestry of “ដូរ្យដន្ត្រី”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतूर्यa musical instrument
2Sanskritतन्त्रीlute
3Sanskritतन्त्रa loom; the warp; the leading or principal or...
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantántram—
5Proto-Indo-European*tántram—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tántram →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tántram →