Where does “ទស្សនវិជ្ជា” come from?
ទស្សនវិជ្ជា (Khmer) comes from Khmer វិជ្ជា, from Pali vijjā, from Sanskrit विद्या, from Sanskrit शास्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śāstra.
ទស្សនវិជ្ជា (Khmer): philosophy
Ancestry of “ទស្សនវិជ្ជា”, step by step
ទស្សនវិជ្ជា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer វិជ្ជា
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | វិជ្ជា | knowledge; science |
| 2 | Pali | vijjā | higher knowledge, science |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विद्या | knowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |
via Khmer ទស្សន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ទស្សន | perception, view, point of view, opinion |
| 2 | Pali | dassana | seeing, looking, sight; intuition; insight |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दर्शन | philosophy, philosophical system, doctrine;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | दृश् | see, look |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | derḱ- | to see |