Where does “ពាក្យ” come from?

ពាក្យ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ពាក្យ (Khmer): word, term; utterance, expression, phrase; speech

Definitions

  1. word, term; utterance, expression, phrase; speech

Ancestry of “ពាក្យ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
2Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “ពាក្យ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →