Where does “និមិត្តការណ៍” come from?
និមិត្តការណ៍ (Khmer) comes from Khmer និមិត្ត, from Pali nimitta, from Sanskrit निमित्त, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
និមិត្តការណ៍ (Khmer): symbol
Definitions
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Ancestry of “និមិត្តការណ៍”, step by step
និមិត្តការណ៍ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer និមិត្ត
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | និមិត្ត | cause, reason |
| 2 | Pali | nimitta | sign, omen, portent, prognostication |
| 3 | Sanskrit | निमित्त | aim, mark |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Khmer ការណ៍
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ការណ៍ | deed; action; event; cause |
| 2 | Pali | kāraṇa | case, matter; cause, motive, reason, root; etc |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कारण | cause or reason of anything; instrument, means;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | करण | doing, making, effecting, causing; clever,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |