Where does “បងស្រី” come from?
បងស្រី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ស្រី, from Sanskrit श्री, from Sanskrit नगर, from Sanskrit गर, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
បងស្រី (Khmer): older sister
Definitions
- older sister
Ancestry of “បងស្រី”, step by step
បងស្រី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ស្រី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ស្រី | female, woman |
| 2 | Sanskrit | श्री | diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नगर | town, city; urban |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गर | mountain, top |
| 5 | Sanskrit | गुरु | heavy; weighty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | gr̥Húṣ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥Húš | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |
via Khmer បង
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បង | I, me, my; you, your; elder sibling |
| 2 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 3 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 4 | Old French | bon | good |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |