Where does “ពុទ្ធនិយម” come from?

ពុទ្ធនិយម (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពុទ្ធ, 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.

ពុទ្ធនិយម (Khmer): Buddhism

Definitions

  1. Buddhism

Ancestry of “ពុទ្ធនិយម”, step by step

ពុទ្ធនិយម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ពុទ្ធ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពុទ្ធthe Buddha
2PaliBuddhaBuddha, the enlightened one
3Sanskritबुद्धawake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanbuddʰás—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰudᶻdʰásaware, awake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰtósaware
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Khmer និយម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនិយមprinciple, theory, doctrine, -ism
2Sanskritनियमrestraining, checking, holding back, preventing,...
3Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
4Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →