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