Where does “ទ្រុម” come from?

ទ្រុម (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit द्रुम, from Proto-Indo-European drumos.

ទ្រុម (Khmer): wood; tree

Definitions

  1. wood; tree

Ancestry of “ទ្រុម”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritद्रुमtree (sometimes also any plant; according to some especially a tree of Indra's paradise = पारिजात)
2Proto-Indo-Europeandrumos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drumos →Every word from Sanskrit द्रुम →
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