Where does “ពាក្យប្រៀប” come from?
ពាក្យប្រៀប (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពាក្យ, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
ពាក្យប្រៀប (Khmer): comparison, analogy, metaphor
Definitions
- comparison, analogy, metaphor
Ancestry of “ពាក្យប្រៀប”, step by step
ពាក្យប្រៀប traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ពាក្យ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ពាក្យ | word, term; utterance, expression, phrase; speech |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वाक्य | speech, saying, assertion, statement, command,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via Khmer ប្រៀប
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ប្រៀប | to compare |
| 2 | Khmer | រៀប | to arrange, organize, prepare; to get ready, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | riəp | to arrange |