Where does “បឋវី” come from?
បឋវី (Khmer) comes from Pali paṭhavī, from Sanskrit पृथिवी, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥th₂-éwih₂ — country.
បឋវី (Khmer): world, globe, earth
Definitions
- world, globe, earth
Ancestry of “បឋវី”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | paṭhavī | earth |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पृथिवी | the earth or the wide world |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥tHwíH | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥th₂-éwih₂ | country |