Where does “ប្រៃសណីយ៍” come from?
ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit प्रेषणीय, from Sanskrit प्रेषण, from Sanskrit प्रेष्, from Sanskrit प्र-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
ប្រៃសណីយ៍ (Khmer): post office
Definitions
- post office
Ancestry of “ប្រៃសណីយ៍”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | प्रेषणीय | deliverable; dispatchable; sendable; etc |
| 2 | Sanskrit | प्रेषण | the act of sending, exiling, banishing, charge, commission |
| 3 | Sanskrit | प्रेष् | to go, move |
| 4 | Sanskrit | प्र- | forward, before; forward, forth; in front of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pra- | forth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pra- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |