Where does “ភក្តី” come from?

ភក្តី (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit भक्ति, from Sanskrit -ति, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

ភក្តី (Khmer): devotion; loyalty

Definitions

  1. devotion; loyalty

Ancestry of “ភក្តី”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभक्तिdistribution, partition, separation; division,...
2Sanskrit-ति-ness
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “ភក្តី

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Sanskrit -तिEvery word from Sanskrit भक्ति
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