Where does “ប្រសាទ” come from?

ប្រសាទ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit प्रसाद, from Sanskrit प्रसद्, from Sanskrit सद्, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

ប្រសាទ (Khmer): sense; nerve

Definitions

  1. sense; nerve

Ancestry of “ប្រសាទ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritप्रसादclearness, brightness, pellucidness, purity;...
2Sanskritप्रसद्to fall into the power of
3Sanskritसद्to sit down
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Sanskrit सद् →Every word from Sanskrit प्रसद् →