Where does “តារាសណ្ឋាន” come from?

តារាសណ្ឋាន (Khmer) comes from Khmer តារា, from Pali tārā, from Sanskrit तारक, from Sanskrit तारा, from Sanskrit त, from Sanskrit स्तृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

តារាសណ្ឋាន (Khmer): asteroid

Definitions

  1. asteroid

Ancestry of “តារាសណ្ឋាន”, step by step

តារាសណ្ឋាន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer តារា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerតារាstar
2PalitārāThe Pali root tar
3Sanskritतारकsomeone or something which delivers, "in the...
4Sanskritताराa fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a...
5Sanskritthis; that
6Sanskritस्तृa star
7Proto-Indo-IranianHstā́star
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Khmer សណ្ឋាន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសណ្ឋានshape, form, figure, outline, aspect, nature
2Palisaṇṭhāna
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗrEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́