Where does “ពាក្យសុំ” come from?

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

ពាក្យសុំ (Khmer): application, request

Definitions

  1. application, request

Ancestry of “ពាក្យសុំ”, step by step

ពាក្យសុំ 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 សុំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសុំto ask (for), beg, request, demand
2Angkorian Old Khmersvaṃ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →