Where does “ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ” come from?

ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពាក្យ, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ (Khmer): part of speech

Definitions

  1. part of speech

Ancestry of “ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ”, step by step

ថ្នាក់ពាក្យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ពាក្យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពាក្យword, term; utterance, expression, phrase; speech
2Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
3Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Khmer ថ្នាក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្នាក់level, rank, echelon, step, stage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →