Where does “ធនក្ស័យ” come from?

ធនក្ស័យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ក្ស័យ, from Sanskrit क्षय, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰayás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gžʰayás, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

ធនក្ស័យ (Khmer): bankruptcy, exhaustion of wealth

Definitions

  1. bankruptcy, exhaustion of wealth

Ancestry of “ធនក្ស័យ”, step by step

ធនក្ស័យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ក្ស័យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្ស័យruin, loss, destruction, ridding, extinction
2Sanskritक्षयdecay, corrosion; ruin, destruction; diminution,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryangẓʰayás—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniangžʰayás—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

via Khmer ធន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerធនwealth; riches; capital
2Palidhanubow
3Sanskritधनुस्a bow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gžʰayás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰayás →