នគរខ្មែរ (Khmer) comes from Khmer នគរ, from Sanskrit नगर, from Sanskrit गर, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
Ancestry of “នគរខ្មែរ”, step by step
នគរខ្មែរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.