Where does “តន្តិភាសា” come from?

តន្តិភាសា (Khmer) comes from Khmer ភាសា, from Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

តន្តិភាសា (Khmer): classical language

Definitions

  1. classical language

Ancestry of “តន្តិភាសា”, step by step

តន្តិភាសា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ភាសា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភាសាlanguage
2Palibhāsālanguage; dialect
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—

via Khmer តន្តី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerតន្តីclassic, classical
2Sanskritतन्तिa string, cord, wire
3Sanskritतन्to stretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Pali bhāsā →