Where does “ផ្លេក” come from?

ផ្លេក (Khmer) comes from Pali phalikā, from Sanskrit स्फटिक — crystal; quartz.

ផ្លេក (Khmer): to flash

Definitions

  1. to flash

Ancestry of “ផ្លេក”, step by step

ផ្លេក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali phalikā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliphalikācrystal; quartz
2Sanskritस्फटिकcrystal; quartz

via Proto-Mon-Khmer *pliik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmer*pliik—

Words derived from “ផ្លេក”

Every word from Sanskrit स्फटिक →Every word from Pali phalikā →