Where does “ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ” come from?

ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឈប់បុណ្យ, from Khmer បុណ្យ, from Old Khmer បុណ្យ, from Sanskrit पुण्य — the good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...

ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ (Khmer): holiday

Definitions

  1. holiday

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ”, step by step

ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឈប់បុណ្យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឈប់បុណ្យto have a holiday, to stop work because of a holiday
2Khmerបុណ្យceremony, celebration, festival, feast; holiday;...
3Old Khmerបុណ្យgoodness; virtue; merit
4Sanskritपुण्यthe good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday
Every word from Sanskrit पुण्य →Every word from Old Khmer បុណ្យ →Every word from Khmer បុណ្យ →