Where does “ពាក្យកម្ចី” come from?

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

ពាក្យកម្ចី (Khmer): loanword

Definitions

  1. loanword

Ancestry of “ពាក្យកម្ចី”, step by step

ពាក្យកម្ចី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ពាក្យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពាក្យword, term; utterance, expression, phrase; speech
2Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
3Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Khmer កម្ចី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកម្ចីloan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →