Where does “ពុទ្ធសាសនិក” come from?
ពុទ្ធសាសនិក (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.
ពុទ្ធសាសនិក (Khmer): Buddhist
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ពុទ្ធសាសនិក”, step by step
ពុទ្ធសាសនិក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ពុទ្ធ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ពុទ្ធ | the Buddha |
| 2 | Pali | Buddha | Buddha, the enlightened one |
| 3 | Sanskrit | बुद्ध | awake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | buddʰás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰudᶻdʰás | aware, awake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰtós | aware |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |