Where does “ពុទ្ធ” come from?

ពុទ្ធ (Khmer) comes from Pali Buddha, from Sanskrit बुद्ध, from Proto-Indo-Aryan buddʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

ពុទ្ធ (Khmer): the Buddha

Definitions

  1. the Buddha

Ancestry of “ពុទ្ធ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PaliBuddhaBuddha, the enlightened one
2Sanskritबुद्धawake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanbuddʰás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰudᶻdʰásaware, awake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰtósaware
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

Words derived from “ពុទ្ធ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás →