Where does “ប្រជាគណន៍” come from?

ប្រជាគណន៍ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប្រជា, from Sanskrit प्रजा, from Sanskrit प्र-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

ប្រជាគណន៍ (Khmer): population

Definitions

  1. population

Ancestry of “ប្រជាគណន៍”, step by step

ប្រជាគណន៍ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ប្រជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រជាpeople
2Sanskritप्रजाsubject of a king, rule; procreation; offspring
3Sanskritप्र-forward, before; forward, forth; in front of
4Proto-Indo-Aryanpra-forth
5Proto-Indo-Iranianpra-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Khmer គណន៍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerគណន៍—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →