Where does “ត្រីកោណ” come from?

ត្រីកោណ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit त्रिकोण, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ត្រីកោណ (Khmer): triangle

Definitions

triangle

Ancestry of “ត្រីកោណ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	त्रिकोण	triangle; triangular, a triangle
2	Sanskrit	त्रि	three
3	Proto-Indo-Aryan	tráyas	three
4	Proto-Indo-Iranian	tráyas	three
5	Proto-Indo-European	*tréyes	—

Words derived from “ត្រីកោណ”

ត្រីកោណកែង

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas →