Where does “ត្រីវិស័យ” come from?

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

ត្រីវិស័យ (Khmer): compass

Definitions

  1. compass

Ancestry of “ត្រីវិស័យ”, step by step

ត្រីវិស័យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ត្រី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerត្រីfish; pawn
2Sanskritत्रिthree
3Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Khmer វិស័យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerវិស័យdomain, field, realm
2Palivisayalocality, region, sphere, object
3Palivi-—
4Sanskritवि-Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas →