Where does “ពាក្យសំគាល់” come from?
ពាក្យសំគាល់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពាក្យ, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
ពាក្យសំគាល់ (Khmer): password
Ancestry of “ពាក្យសំគាល់”, step by step
ពាក្យសំគាល់ 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 សំគាល់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សំគាល់ | to remark, notice, observe, take note of; to make... |
| 2 | Khmer | ស្គាល់ | to know |