Where does “ប្រដាល់សេរី” come from?

ប្រដាល់សេរី (Khmer) comes from Khmer សេរី, from Pali serin, from Sanskrit स्वैरिन्, from Sanskrit स्वैर, from Sanskrit स्व, from Proto-Indo-Aryan swá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swá, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

ប្រដាល់សេរី (Khmer): pradal serey or Khmer boxing (a Cambodian style of martial art)

Definitions

  1. pradal serey or Khmer boxing (a Cambodian style of martial art)

Ancestry of “ប្រដាល់សេរី”, step by step

ប្រដាល់សេរី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សេរី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសេរីfree; disobedient; done without permission
2Paliserinindependent
3Sanskritस्वैरिन्free, independent
4Sanskritस्वैर—
5Sanskritस्वhis/her own; of self; one's self
6Proto-Indo-Aryanswá—
7Proto-Indo-Iranianswáself; reflexive pronoun
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Khmer ប្រដាល់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រដាល់to box with each other, to be a boxer
2Khmerដាល់to box, to hit with the closed fist, to fight with the fists
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swá →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan swá →