Where does “នាវិកនាយក” come from?

នាវិកនាយក (Khmer) comes from Khmer នាយក, from Pali nāyaka, from Sanskrit नायक, from Sanskrit नी, from Proto-Indo-European neyH- — to lead.

នាវិកនាយក (Khmer): captain (of a ship)

Definitions

  1. captain (of a ship)

Ancestry of “នាវិកនាយក”, step by step

នាវិកនាយក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer នាយក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនាយកchief; leader; commissioner; director; chairman; boss; manager
2Palināyakaleader, master
3Sanskritनायकguide, leader; chief; lord; master; etc; leader,...
4Sanskritनीto guide, govern, direct
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

via Khmer នាវិក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនាវិកsailor; seaman
2Sanskritनाविक—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH- →Every word from Sanskrit नी →Every word from Sanskrit नायक →