Where does “ភក្តីភាព” come from?
ភក្តីភាព (Khmer) comes from Khmer ភាព, from Sanskrit भाव, from Sanskrit भू, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
ភក្តីភាព (Khmer): loyalty; devotion
Ancestry of “ភក្តីភាព”, step by step
ភក្តីភាព traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ភាព
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ភាព | state (of affairs), condition, status, state of being, shape, nature, aspect |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भाव | becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भू | the act of becoming or arising; the place of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
via Khmer ភក្តី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ភក្តី | devotion; loyalty |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भक्ति | distribution, partition, separation; division,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -ति | -ness |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |