Where does “ពូជនិយម” come from?

ពូជនិយម (Khmer) comes from Khmer និយម, from Sanskrit नियम, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

ពូជនិយម (Khmer): racism

Definitions

  1. racism

Ancestry of “ពូជនិយម”, step by step

ពូជនិយម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Khmer ពូជ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពូជrace; species
2Palibījaseed, germ
3Sanskritबीजseed; semen; grain
4Proto-Indo-IranianbíHȷ́amseed; semen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →